[soccermom]

OK -- I see that immediately after the post to me you finally raised to points, though I think they are pretty lame:

"The fact that we didn't have fighters on the wingtips of the doomed airliners has always had my head itching ...." Did you take the time to research the explanations? They are entirely logical. My dad was a career fighter pilot and flew, among other jets, F-16s. He was stationed several times at Langley. He said it is SOP for jets to scramble EAST, over the Atlantic. When you factor in the delay it took for us to realize we were under attack with the dealys in re-directing the jets, it makes sense. Also, I'll have to double-check this, but as I recall he told me that jets would not have been armed, as a general rule. "... and perhaps the fact that we cannot seem to find an unusually tall raghead carrying around a dialysis machine in the hills of nowheresville." Gee, I dunno.....Do you think it might have to do with the fact that OBL was a professional contractor who specialized in building ornate tunnel structures in the mountains? Maybe that had a tad to do with his ability to allude capture."

Incidentally, your frequent use of the the term "raghead" suggests to me that you are trying a bit too much.

[Fighting Irish]

Incidentally, your frequent use of the the term "raghead" suggests to me that you are trying a bit too much.

Oh .... my....god.

Did you look through my posts over the past several years? Had you done your homework ....

I'm tired of this thread to the point of projectile vomiting my lunch.

I'm a big boy, I can handle getting mugged .... but cripes... where the hell is the crime in admitting I'm lacking in a few facts and hoping for clarification?

Next time I have the nutty thought of parading my ignorance on FR I'll poke my eyes out instead.