Not that the rest of your post is much better, but this particular claim is so ridiculously easy to respond to.
Mr. Bush wasn't even inaugurated until 2001. He barely had time to settle into the role when the 9/11 attacks happened.
Okay... let's look at that. on August 6, 2001, A month before the Attack, he got a breifing from the CIA that said, "Bin Laden Determined to Attack US", that SPECIFICALLY mentioned hijacking airplanes as a possible scheme Al Qaeda might try.
Bush's response, "Well, you've covered your ass!" and then he went fishing.
There was another terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, by those associated with the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack, in 1993; under Bill Clinton's watch; eight years before the 9/11 attacks. We knew, then, that there was an organized Islamist terrorist group, that for whatever reason, wanted to bring down the World Trade Center. They had made one attempt, and we had every reason to expect that there'd be another.
Actually, it's kind of a stretch to say that the guys responsible for the 1993 attack were the same bunch, unless you are a racist asshole who thinks Muslims are the Borg, and they have a hive mind or something. Now, a couple of points.
The best time to stop Bin Laden was when Ronnie Reagan was calling him a "Freedom Fighter" and the CIA was giving him weapons.
Second, Clinton was the guy who tried to take down Bin Laden. And Republicans accused him of "Wagging the Dog" because, oh my god, he got a blow job from an intern and that was more important, guys!
Okay, yeah let's look at that August 6 PDB, Joey.
But first...anything
bold is my emphasis added. Think of it as a public service to help you pay more attention to it and thus, hopefully, comprehend its meaning. Also, you obviously need help with the meaning of...
Corroborate: confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
Synonyms: verify, authenticate, validate, certify, ratify...
Hold on now. This is where the important stuff starts.
The correct title of the PDB was..."Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US"
It began, "Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladin
since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US." That means it had been his wish for four and a half years at that point, or from the beginning of William Jefferson Clinton's second term.
The PDB then goes on to list various things BL or his followers had reportedly outlined as potential threats and other allegations, etc. Following them is this paragraph:
"
We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a (redacted) service in 1998 saying that Bin Ladin
wanted to hijack a US aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdul Rahman and other US held extremists."
What that means, Joey, is they were not able to verify a hijacking threat, but if one did exist its purpose was for what traditionally had been the reason such people hijack planes which was to use it and the souls onboard as bargaining chips for, in this case, the release of a comrade, but in other instances for money, weapons, or other demands.
Final two paragraphs of the PDB...
"Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York."
"The FBI is conducting approximately 70 full-field investigations throughout the US that it considers Bin Laden-related. CIA and the FBI are investigating a call to our embassy in the UAE in May saying that a group of Bin Laden supporters was in the US planning attacks with explosives."
So we've got patterns the FBI identified as suspicious and consistent with hijackings or other types of attacks, perhaps on federal buildings in New York. Attacks by armed gunmen on those buildings, or attacks with explosives? Don't know, nothing specifically mentioned. As for hijackings, everyone on the planet knew of them as I described above. It was on no one's radar hijacked planes would be used as kamikaze-like weapons of mass murder by seriously horny Islamic terrorists. And even as of today no buildings, in New York or elsewhere, have been blown up in spite of "reports" from fifteen years ago now.
What the PDB told Bush was there were reports of various uncorroborated terrorist scenarios out there, but nothing definite as to who, what, when, where or how. Just stuff they've heard about or gotten from other sources and no one having any idea what any of it really meant, which is why the FBI had those 70 full-field investigations going on, trying to make sense out of it all or ascertain something concrete enough to marshall our various assets against in order to thwart.
There, Joey. Maybe next time before you lead with your chin with the August 6 PDB as your "proof" you'll realize it's your ticket to ending up flat on your back on the canvas, again. But I doubt it.
