This sounds very similar to the official story. It fails to explain why, for nearly two hours of attack, Rumsfeld did not speak with the military and did not speak with Bush, and why this fact should not defy every ounce of logic in any would-be believer.
Parts of what i wrote are from various sources some of which were used in the official story. And the official story does explain why.
But....
What difference does it make whether he spoke to anyone or not? He's not a General. He not a General in the field. He's a politician, an administrator.
That's why the ROE's concerning shooting down a hijacked civilian plane were drastically rewritten after 9/11 However, he did speak to people:
8:00-8:50 breakfast meeting with: Navy Vice Admiral Edmund Giambastiani Jr.; Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz; Pete Geren, a special assistant to Rumsfeld; and Representatives John Mica (R-FL), Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Doug Bereuter (R-NE), John Hostettler (R-IN), Kay Granger (R-TX), John Shimkus (R-IL), Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), and Christopher Cox (R-CA).
8:46 Larry Di Rita, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, gives rumdfeld note about a plane hitting WTC1 and not knowing it was a terrorist attack and everyone assuming it was a accident.
9:03 in Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's office discussing meeting and turns TV on to see second plane hit WTC2
9:37 when pentagon was hit Rumsfeld in his office receiving daily briefing.
9:38 heads towards crash site.
9:38 to 10:00 spends time at crash site.
According to some accounts BUSH gave the shoot down order at 10:00am and discussed ROE with Rumsfeld. (which BTW is the right thing to do)
I can give you a link if you need to verify this, but i am sure you can find it yourself. Its was from a Washington Post article.
Now, yes, you are correct there are some periods of time the Rumsfeld is unaccounted for. I have reasonably showed that we dont have the ability to know exactly who he did or did not speak with in every second of the time period.
So your point about the 2 hours is rhetorical fluff.
I have clearly shown we did not know if there was a third plane at the time of the second planes impact and i have also shown that we did know who where or what between 9:03 and 9:34.
Seriously Jack. There's nothing there to argue Rumsfeld or Bush or Arnold deliberately delayed a shoot down order and there fore that's why the pentagon was hit.
PS: I am not saying he or the military handled it properly.