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A few feet away, Debra Burlingame saw it differently. Her brother Charles F. Burlingame III was the pilot of the plane that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon. On her lapel was pinned his picture and the same heart pin worn by the widow of passenger Dillard.

"The fact is, it wasn't our government who killed my brother and 3,000 people," she said. It was 19 hijackers and their sponsors. . . . We have new enemies we face. Those are the guys I want to get in the name of my brother." Her eyes began to tear up.

1 posted on 04/08/2004 9:23:04 PM PDT by Utah Girl

I feel for the 9/11 families, but enough is enough. Hindsight is grand and one can see the threads coming together. Some of the families are never going to be satisfied, no matter what.

2 posted on 04/08/2004 9:24:33 PM PDT by Utah Girl

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3 posted on 04/08/2004 9:25:18 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Don't be a nuancy boy)

I must have missed Debra on the Today show. When was she on?

4 posted on 04/08/2004 9:26:28 PM PDT by ilgipper

At least somebody who gets it is quoted. Almost a shock these days they would even run a quote from someone who doesn't bash Bush.

5 posted on 04/08/2004 9:27:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)

Why isn't anybody asking for an apology from Islamic jihad?

What is the point of demanding an apology from someone who did not commit the crime?

6 posted on 04/08/2004 9:29:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)

I think it was Burlingame who made the comment that "some of these family members will never be satisfied, no matter what they hear."

9 posted on 04/08/2004 9:40:05 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Alberta -- the TRUE north strong and free.)

I sent him the following email:

You wrote:

"Condoleezza Rice didn't apologize to families of the Sept. 11 victims the way former counterterrorism official Richard Clarke did..."

I reply:

Which was how, exactly? Clarke's insincere "mea culpa" was followed by hours of finger pointing. It's not an apology to say "I failed you... but just look at everyone else! They are the ones that REALLY let you down!"

While we are on the subject of trying to figure out which administration to blame for 9/11, why don't we simply settle on blaming the bin Laden administration?

Finally, consider this...

We have been asking the questions, "What could we have done better? What signs did we miss? Was there any way to prepare for 9/11?"

Are the people of the United States truly this *hypocritical*? Now that 9/11 has happened, we KNOW what is possible. We know that terrorists can - and will - strike without notice in the most destructive manner possible. Yet - even though the people of this country have more information than EITHER administration had prior to 9/11 - how many have prepared themselves? How many have taken steps to protect themselves and their families in the event of a crisis? Do you have a crisis kit at home? In your car? Have you stockpiled an adequate supply of food and water in the event of an emergency? Have you taken into consideration any of the protective measures outlined by the Department of Homeland Security?

Most Americans have not. With 20/20 hindsight they expect their government to have omnisciently protected them from the unthinkable, but now that 9/11 has past, very few have taken the personal responsibilty to protect THEMSELVES.

Write an article on THAT, my friend.

11 posted on 04/08/2004 10:08:54 PM PDT by bolobaby

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