Way out of context on all of them. Please go back and re-read the entire posts. You are approaching ME now like you have been approaching this Pentagon debate, picking out things and ignoring everything else related to it.
Quote from: OzmO on October 12, 2011, 09:06:23 PM
Did he have the authority to order the shooting of an American civilian passenger jet? Unless he was briefed on that exact possibility and told the decision was his, that's enough for hesitation.
I was questioning whether or not he actually had the authority (because, on Oct 11th, it had been a while since i was this deep in a 9/11 debate) Then i was showing (which i have been saying many many times in this thread) that issuing an order like that would have been very heavy, irresponsible, and potentially tragic.
Quote from: OzmO on October 11, 2011, 12:52:31 PM
No one had the authority to authorize the shooting down of a passenger jet
Here I am talking about the front line commanders at places such as NEADS.
Quote from: OzmO on October 16, 2011, 07:44:02 AM
Your contention is that Rumsfeld's actions support the theory that he was the person charged with the rsonsibility to issue the order...?
Here i am just making sure what your contention was. I didn't want to mistake what your charge was.
Quote from: OzmO on October 11, 2011, 10:34:31 PM
And there was no protocol absolutely none for who decides to order the shooting down of a American passenger plane
There's 2 things here:
1. The power of the decision. Who has it? Who has the power to make a decision to shoot down and civlian passenger plane.
2. The ROE's, Protocols of how that decision is made. That's what Bush and Rumsfeld were talking about at 10:00am BEcuase............... there were none.
Quote from: OzmO on October 13, 2011, 12:20:14 AM
i think you are missing the point about who's responsibility it was to make a decision like that
This is me introducing to you the difference between a front line general and a politician/administrator