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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (180284)	9/13/2001 11:15:42 AM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 769669

Your positions are your own. You say that "a logical position backed by data is being outrightly attacked...", but your logical positions are based on either faulty or NO data. You say that American flight 77 came from Dulles, this is true. The problem is the plane was in the air an hour and 20 minutes before crashing. The plane took off, went west along the northern edge of Virginia, through West Virginia, and turned around back toward D.C - around the OHIO/WEST VIRGINIA! According to the L.A. Times (this time): "1. According to federal aviation sources, Flight 77 leaves Dulles airport at 8:21 a.m. heading west for Los Angeles. 2. Someone on board apparently turns off the transponder. The plane turns back toward Washington, with no radio contact. 3. Dulles controllers notice a fast-moving primary target in their airspace east-southeast of the airport heading directly toward the White House. 4. The plane begins turning to the right away from the White House. 5. The plane circles 270 degrees to the right and approaches the Pentagon from the southwest. 6. The plane drops below radar level and disappears from the controllers screens shortly before hitting the Pentagon." Note that this plane according to the Washington Post was moving at FULL THROTTLE. I have no idea what the turning radius of a Boeing 757 travelling at 600 miles per hour is, but it wouldn't surprise me if it would be measured in miles. I am not attacking your freedom of speech. Just pointing out that your conclusions are faulty (though, they may be true), because the data you base them on is incorrect.