Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: 911: Window of Exposure [View all]((William Seger: "You haven't even bothered to establish that anything he did that morning would have actually made him unavailable if Bush had tried to call him"))
In The Name of God, please think of what you're saying. You are once again suggesting that communication would be established AFTER the need would arise to engage an aggressive plane. WHY would the risk for death be so sharply increased in such an otherwise meaningless manner?
((William Seger: "it's obviously a very dubious assumption if he had his phone with him at all times."
Absolutely wrong. Learn the facts. Examine the statement made to the 911 Commission, by the commanding general of the NMCC, that said: "For half an hour, we could not locate him".
If you would have bothered to process the original post, you would know that he did not have his phone with him at all times.
((William Seger: "Furthermore, your assertion that what he did was the best way to accomplish your claimed objectives is limited by your own imagination"))
The scope of possibility is exactly what it is. Logic will lead any person to the same conclusion.
You may continue trying to show otherwise, and I would welcome you to do so.
((William Seger: "whereas if Rumsfeld actually had those objectives, he might have been smart enough to come up with something better -- as I mentioned (and you ignored), perhaps getting on a commercial flight.))
It was not ignored. If Rumsfeld were to be on a commercial flight, someone else would be placed in command. You should know that.