[pollyannaish]

Just finished up and here are my observations:

1. Our enemy is not fooling around. They have been at this a lot longer than we have and they are determined and not afraid of death. This is spiritual for them. That was clearly and dramatically portrayed. I appreciated the fact that they took the time to show that there are indeed some Muslims who do not believe in what the terrorists are doing, even if they hate Israel and by extension the US. I believe there are more like that who are way to afraid to come forward.

2. There are thousands of heroic people in the field working their butts of every day to protect us. They get exasperated with the arrogance of the bureaucracy and the politicos. God bless the people on the ground. This film reminded me to give thanks for them, even though their names will never be known.

3. The Clinton administration was lawyer heavy. Everything that administration did, was seen through a legal lens. While I'm sure that President Bush's administration was just as incompetent pre-911, he was smart enough after the attack to dump the hyper-lawyering and use common sense.

4. Madeline Albright is an embarrassment to the United States, an arrogant, self-important, sneering, idiot. Sandy Berger is a man racked with fear and indecision. Of course, we already knew both of those things.

5. Clinton was not the President of the United States. He was the figurehead, he made public appearances, he raised money. But he is a lazy, risk adverse, popularity seeking, self-indulgent child better suited for the streets of Hollywood. He would rather talk than do, avoid than confront. Of course, we already knew that as well.

6. The Democrats have made a HUGE blunder regarding this film. If they had just shut up, the ratings would have been lower and, most important, people would have watched it thinking about the heroes vs. the evil terrorists. Instead, everyone concentrated on the behavior of the Democrats. The greatest irony is that I KNOW the names of the people involved and I could barely keep them straight. Non-political junkies would have seen them simply as "government people" and completely forgotten they were Democrats despite the titles. It's hilarious. By pointing this out, most people sat there and said, "Why sure enough, the Democrats ARE more interested in rights for terrorists than in getting the bad guys." HAHAHA. What idiots.

7. I'm looking forward to tomorrow night. It wasn't deep, it wasn't a documentary. But it told a good story, stuck pretty close to the truth...and I got used to the shaky camera about a third of the way through.

Ok...that's it. FWIW. See everyone tomorrow evening.

[clilly54]

Perfect review, you pretty much nailed all the points I saw from this. But you know, if the Dems hadn't been squealing like the fat guy from "Deliverance" I probably wouldn't have watched it just because it was ABC...

Maybe the liberal shoe will drop tomorrow, dunno... but so far, I like...

[TexasPatriot8]

Your number 2 point is the one that most angers me and has for a long time. Everytime some Democrat says that we are NOT safer then before 9-11, that is a direct slap in the face of every man and woman at the FBI, NSA, CIA, Military Intelligence, Federal Marshalls, Border Control, and every other law enforcement and intelligence agency in the country that BUSTS THEIR BUTTS DAILY for little pay and less appreciation for what they do to protect us from another attack. There are so many attacks that have been prevented by the hard work and dedication of those men and women in all those agencies that we'll NEVER even know about.

They ALL deserve FAR better then Democrats slapping them in the face and saying that we're not safer now then we were before 9-11 happened, just for political gian. THAT is disgusting and REALLY p****s me off. 9-11 should be a day of calling the FBI, NSA, CIA, any intelliegence industry related office or law enforcement office and thanking them for all the things they do to protect us that DON'T make the news. For every story that makes the news of how they've protected us, there are easily thousands that we DON'T hear about. And I'm sick and tired of the total disrespect that Democrats show towards the thousands of Americans in the intelligence and law enforcement industry who bust their a***s and put their lives on the line to protect spoiled rotten Americans, especially the Democrats, who sit in their cushy chairs and then have the brass to insult them and say we're not safer then five years ago. Well I sure don't see any planes flying into buildings the past five years, and no mushroom clouds. So it seems to me that we're a LOT safer then on 9-11. Liberals are just selfish ungrateful disrespectful b******d

[bootless]

BUMP to remember what you said! Great points.

[Yaelle]

Very good post and excellent points. I agree with all of them.

I think a lot of us have been stunned in general at the level of fight the Clintonistas put up against this movie. I too think the attention on Democrats was a miscalculated backfire on their part.

[Caipirabob]

Thank you for post #504. You summed up the key points I think this thread represents.

[Enterprise]

Ping to a good summary by Pollyannish, post #504.