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**Dxwlxqvg** · 11-11-2008, 09:11 PM

I'm rather tired of the back-and-forth "The US is a terrorist state!" "No, you kill innocents!" "No, you do!" So lets take a step back and set up a hypothetical, shall we?

It is 9/12/01, one day after the attacks, and you are POTUS. What would you do? What would you say? What would be your long-term plan, assuming you have 7 more years to be president?

This question is particularly meant for those living outside the US, but anyone can respond.

What would you, as POTUS, have done on 9/12/01?

I would do many things, some having nothing to do with 9/11, obviously, given the utter retardation of our policies. As for things that relate to 9/11 specifically, I really wouldn't do anything. It was a freak occurrence and no amount of misguided authoritarian policies will prevent something like this from happening again. It's a risk you take while living, much like the risk everyone takes when they go outside. If your car was hit by lightning, would you never go into your car again?

Policies should be enacted from the basis of reason and justness, not from knee-jerk reactions designed to get votes from the feeble-minded.

11-11-2008, 09:11 PM	#2
Dxwlxqvg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 404 Senior Member	I'm rather tired of the back-and-forth "The US is a terrorist state!" "No, you kill innocents!" "No, you do!" So lets take a step back and set up a hypothetical, shall we? It is 9/12/01, one day after the attacks, and you are POTUS. What would you do? What would you say? What would be your long-term plan, assuming you have 7 more years to be president? This question is particularly meant for those living outside the US, but anyone can respond. What would you, as POTUS, have done on 9/12/01? I would do many things, some having nothing to do with 9/11, obviously, given the utter retardation of our policies. As for things that relate to 9/11 specifically, I really wouldn't do anything. It was a freak occurrence and no amount of misguided authoritarian policies will prevent something like this from happening again. It's a risk you take while living, much like the risk everyone takes when they go outside. If your car was hit by lightning, would you never go into your car again? Policies should be enacted from the basis of reason and justness, not from knee-jerk reactions designed to get votes from the feeble-minded.
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