[sessoorale]

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 have declined to view this as a civilizational conflict, as the american right could not help but do.

i would have declined to globalize the issue and use this false platform as a war mongering tool. (it was 19 men, many of which were from an 'ally' state)

i would have only authorized the use of force to capture the radicals in afganistan responsible. there would have been no nation building efforts.

all of these actions would anger the terrorists responsible. They wanted exactly what bush and his pals did.