Posted on 05/06/2006 5:29:15 PM PDT by LSUfan
US President George W. Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III".
In an interview with the financial news network CNBC, Mr Bush said he had yet to see the recently released film of the uprising, a dramatic portrayal of events on the United Airlines plane before it crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
But he said he agreed with the description of David Beamer, whose son Todd died in the crash, who in a Wall Street Journal commentary last month called it "our first successful counter-attack in our homeland in this new global war, World War III".
Mr Bush said: "I believe that. I believe that it was the first counter-attack to World War III.
"It was, it was unbelievably heroic of those folks on the airplane to recognize the danger and save lives," he said.
Flight 93 crashed on the morning of September 11, 2001, killing the 33 passengers, seven crew members and four hijackers, after passengers stormed the cockpit and battled the hijackers for control of the aircraft.
The president has repeatedly praised the heroism of the passengers in fighting back and so launching the first blow of what he usually calls the "war on terror".
In 2002, then-White House spokesman Ari Fleischer explicitly declined to call the hunt for Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda group and its followers "World War III".
Let's see:
It's a war. Check.
It involves every country of the world. Check.
WW3 it is.
Now all we have to do is convince the Demorats and the NY Times...
"It's a war. Check.
It involves every country of the world. Check.
WW3 it is."
WW3, WW4, whatever. It's world war.
Communism and the cold war.
Mostly was not fought with guns, bombers and lost lives.
Technically speaking, at least some of the crewmembers were killed during the initial takeover and it is quite likely other crew, passengers and hijackers died during the struggle before the crash.
The way it is worded implies that the the passengers were responsible for the crash. I object. The plane was going to crash anyway. All the heroic passengers did was change the crash site from the Capitol to a pasture.
I missed this piece. Does anyone have a link to it? thx.
No, it's WWIV. WWIII was the Cold War.
Seems a little late to be using this terminolgy. I'm not sure if it fits because clearly not many are actively involved involved in this World War effort.
Great rhetoric from the president. Let's hope he comes to the realization that our pourous borders and our south of the border neighbor are an achilles heal in fighting WW III.
And its a Holy War.
the War to Contain Islam as well
In other news the French government and populace view the War On Terror as the second Dien Phen Bu.
Mostly was not fought with guns, bombers and lost lives."
Around 100 million people were killed in many different ways fighting the cold war, most of them by their own government.
I was flipping channels the other day and I saw Madeline not-so-bright saying that people shouldn't be calling it a holy war. Obviously this comment was meant for Western audiences only, not for the perps.
I am sorry.. I am a little slow sometimes. what's that mean?
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