George W. Bush lays wreath at 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

[mystery-ak]

George W. Bush lays wreath at 9/11 Pentagon Memorial
By Justine Coleman - 09/11/19 03:16 PM EDT



Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday laid a wreath on the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon.

Bush, who was president during the attacks, placed the wreath at the site where Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, killing 184 people.

The former president was joined by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld as taps was played. Bush then shook hands and talked with family members and first responders.

"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America," Bush said in a post on Facebook.

Earlier Wednesday President Trump commemorated the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed thousands of people and cautioned the Taliban.

“If for any reason they come back to our country, we will go wherever they are and use power the likes of which the United States has never used before — and I’m not talking about nuclear power — they will never have seen anything like what will happen to them,” Trump said.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/460953-george-w-bush-lays-a-wreath-at-the-9-11-pentagon-memorial

[musiclady]

Good to see.

I know others here despise him with a deep passion, but I will ALWAYS be thankful that he was our President on 9/11.

ALWAYS.

And because of that I will never have the same disdain for him that others do, even though I disagreed with much that he did (pretty much everything in his second term).



Ducking, covering and preparing for incoming..........   

[mystery-ak]

Good to see.

I know others here despise him with a deep passion, but I will ALWAYS be thankful that he was our President on 9/11.

ALWAYS.

And because of that I will never have the same disdain for him that others do, even though I disagreed with much that he did (pretty much everything in his second term).



Ducking, covering and preparing for incoming..........   

I feel the same way...we trusted him with our sons and husband lives..

[Wingnut]

Hope Sneakypete takes the high road....

[Cyber Liberty]

Hope Sneakypete takes the high road....

 

[berdie]

Good to see.

I know others here despise him with a deep passion, but I will ALWAYS be thankful that he was our President on 9/11.

ALWAYS.

And because of that I will never have the same disdain for him that others do, even though I disagreed with much that he did (pretty much everything in his second term).



Ducking, covering and preparing for incoming..........   

I agree with every word you said.

[Cyber Liberty]

Did 43 utter the word "Islam" in his speech, or did he spend the time assuring us that we're dealing with a Religion of Peace, like he did 18 years ago?

[musiclady]

I feel the same way...we trusted him with our sons and husband lives..

And he lived up to that trust.  My son respects him still.

[musiclady]

I agree with every word you said.

Thanks.

I think probably more of us do than are often willing to say.......

[truth_seeker]

GW Bush responded well to 9-11-2001. but got distracted by Iraq,

and by the end of his term, both wars were not resolved.

By the end of his tenure, I was disappointed. Following the weak GOP's  offerings with McCain and Romney, I wasn't optimistic at all.

Donald Trump was a breath of fresh air, by contrast.

[musiclady]

Did 43 utter the word "Islam" in his speech, or did he spend the time assuring us that we're dealing with a Religion of Peace, like he did 18 years ago?

Oh, come on.  That doesn't characterize his response to the attack.  You may strongly disagree, but I believe it kept things from blowing up even further by calming the Muslim community.   Maybe not, but that's not something either of us will ever know.

America was strong and (mostly) united on 9/12.

I'd give a lot to have some of that patriotism........ genuine patriotism............ back again.

[Cyber Liberty]

Oh, come on.  That doesn't characterize his response to the attack.  You may strongly disagree, but I believe it kept things from blowing up even further by calming the Muslim community.   Maybe not, but that's not something either of us will ever know.

America was strong and (mostly) united on 9/12.

I'd give a lot to have some of that patriotism........ genuine patriotism............ back again.

It faded too quickly.  Now, 9-11 is a day, and tomorrow it will be back to chipping away at America as if 9-11 never happened.  I am sorry, but I'm discouraged.

[austingirl]

I lost my faith in the national government when our borders weren't hermetically sealed as of 9-12-2001. Then Paulson talking Bush into the bailout soured me permanently on GWB, a man I marched for at the governor's mansion in Austin during the attempted theft of the 2000 election.

Still, it was much better that he was POTUS on 911 rather than Algore.

[berdie]

It faded too quickly.  Now, 9-11 is a day, and tomorrow it will be back to chipping away at America as if 9-11 never happened.  I am sorry, but I'm discouraged.

I'm discouraged as well.

I really think GW made the statement about "Religion of Peace" to calm everybody down.  In my part of the world folks were attacking people who weren't Muslim, but looked like they were. Don't know about anywhere else. But that is (IMHO) why he said that. Sort of like when he said "Go out and shop". Again, I don't know what anyone else did, but folks in my world (including myself) went home from work to watch the news coverage. Cratering the economy wouldn't have been a good thing.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Did he do some koo-koo things? Yep.  But he did good during 9/11.

[musiclady]

It faded too quickly.  Now, 9-11 is a day, and tomorrow it will be back to chipping away at America as if 9-11 never happened.  I am sorry, but I'm discouraged.

Oh, I know that.  It began to disintegrate as soon as the Dems realized that they had forgotten themselves and said nice things about America.

Then 9-11 turned into flab when Obama called it a "Day of Service."

Now the divide in the country is too deep, IMO to repair.

I'm not only discouraged, but I don't think the mess we're in can be fixed.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm discouraged as well.

I really think GW made the statement about "Religion of Peace" to calm everybody down.  In my part of the world folks were attacking people who weren't Muslim, but looked like they were. Don't know about anywhere else. But that is (IMHO) why he said that. Sort of like when he said "Go out and shop". Again, I don't know what anyone else did, but folks in my world (including myself) went home from work to watch the news coverage. Cratering the economy wouldn't have been a good thing.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Did he do some koo-koo things? Yep.  But he did good during 9/11.

Indeed he did want us to "calm down," and we did, losing the moral imperative to stop these animals.  The opportunity is now forfeit, thanks largely to the phrase, "Islam is a religion of peace."  That was a lie, is still a lie, and is our undoing.

[musiclady]

I'm discouraged as well.

I really think GW made the statement about "Religion of Peace" to calm everybody down.  In my part of the world folks were attacking people who weren't Muslim, but looked like they were. Don't know about anywhere else. But that is (IMHO) why he said that. Sort of like when he said "Go out and shop". Again, I don't know what anyone else did, but folks in my world (including myself) went home from work to watch the news coverage. Cratering the economy wouldn't have been a good thing.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Did he do some koo-koo things? Yep.  But he did good during 9/11.

And I agree with this as well.

Keeping America functioning after that malicious, evil attack on everything we stand for was enough for me to say as well, he did good.

Our economy came back much more quickly than I think most people expected it would.  Americans were very, very afraid, and he calmed things down.  And you're right.  People who were not Muslims were indeed attacked after 9-11 because of some (blind, in that case) rage.

And for a few days, before the Dems woke up and realized they couldn't be patriotic, we were united as Americans.

[musiclady]

Indeed he did want us to "calm down," and we did, losing the moral imperative to stop these animals.  The opportunity is now forfeit, thanks largely to the phrase, "Islam is a religion of peace."  That was a lie, is still a lie, and is our undoing.

I don't agree. Armed conflicts in the streets and attacks on Muslims who had nothing to do with 9-11 would have been a bad thing for the country.

I know and you know that Islam, in it's very essence is violent and anti-freedom, but...... and I may be castigated for even suggesting this on this forum....... people who had nothing to do with the attack should not have been targeted, whether they were Muslim or Sikh, or whatever.

We would have lost even more people if things hadn't calmed down at the moment.

I frankly don't think that most Americans have the "moral imperative" to win any war any more.  We are a flabby, lazy, apathetic people, as a whole.

I put that directly on the shoulders of academia, Hollywood, the leftist media, and jokers like Obama.

Not Bush.

[Cyber Liberty]

And I agree with this as well.

Keeping America functioning after that malicious, evil attack on everything we stand for was enough for me to say as well, he did good.

Our economy came back much more quickly than I think most people expected it would.  Americans were very, very afraid, and he calmed things down.  And you're right.  People who were not Muslims were indeed attacked after 9-11 because of some (blind, in that case) rage.

And for a few days, before the Dems woke up and realized they couldn't be patriotic, we were united as Americans.

A lost opportunity, and in the very first year of a new Millennium. 

[berdie]

I don't agree. Armed conflicts in the streets and attacks on Muslims who had nothing to do with 9-11 would have been a bad thing for the country.

I know and you know that Islam, in it's very essence is violent and anti-freedom, but...... and I may be castigated for even suggesting this on this forum....... people who had nothing to do with the attack should not have been targeted, whether they were Muslim or Sikh, or whatever.

We would have lost even more people if things hadn't calmed down at the moment.

I frankly don't think that most Americans have the "moral imperative" to win any war any more.  We are a flabby, lazy, apathetic people, as a whole.

I put that directly on the shoulders of academia, Hollywood, the leftist media, and jokers like Obama.

Not Bush.

 

[Right_in_Virginia]

I frankly don't think that most Americans have the "moral imperative" to win any war any more.  We are a flabby, lazy, apathetic people, as a whole.   

I think you're dead wrong about most Americans @musiclady ... And 9/11 proved it.

For 18 years Americans have been sending their loved ones to the same war.  We were ready, willing and able to win that war.  They remain so to this day. You'd do well to stop your blanket condemnation .... "as a whole" does not give you cover for your offensive sanctimony.  You need to think before you post.

The bastards in Washington are the ones who lack the "moral imperative" not only to win but to define the mission and stay true to it.  And this includes St. W, most especially.

Shame on you for so maligning the kids who returned home in a pine box or missing the limbs they left in theater.  Shame on you.

[Cyber Liberty]

I don't agree. Armed conflicts in the streets and attacks on Muslims who had nothing to do with 9-11 would have been a bad thing for the country.

I know and you know that Islam, in it's very essence is violent and anti-freedom, but...... and I may be castigated for even suggesting this on this forum....... people who had nothing to do with the attack should not have been targeted, whether they were Muslim or Sikh, or whatever.

We would have lost even more people if things hadn't calmed down at the moment.

I frankly don't think that most Americans have the "moral imperative" to win any war any more.  We are a flabby, lazy, apathetic people, as a whole.

I put that directly on the shoulders of academia, Hollywood, the leftist media, and jokers like Obama.

Not Bush.

I can agree with what you say here.  Not Bush's Fault, although I wish he had not done such a great job of "calming the people down."  I was expecting an FDR style of "Day of infamy" speech, followed by swift Congressional approval to stomp the Taliban.  Instead, we got a Vietnam-style "Measured response," which has yielded the expected results.  Assigning blame is akin to pinning the tail on the donkey.

Do I want innocents shot in the streets?  Heck no, I would lose some real friends in such a pogrom.  We took the other extreme inatead and we didn't even get a t-shirt.  We have a few thousand dead troops in Afghan and nothing to show for it, while we beat the Hell out of each other because we didn't elect a perfect man President to clean up Obama's mess.

Today is my "I freakin' give up day."  Maybe I'll be in a better mood tomorrow.

[musiclady]

I can agree with what you say here.  Not Bush's Fault, although I wish he had not done such a great job of "calming the people down."  I was expecting an FDR style of "Day of infamy" speech, followed by swift Congressional approval to stomp the Taliban.  Instead, we got a Vietnam-style "Measured response," which has yielded the expected results.  Assigning blame is akin to pinning the tail on the donkey.

Do I want innocents shot in the streets?  Heck no, I would lose some real friends in such a pogrom.  We took the other extreme inatead and we didn't even get a t-shirt.  We have a few thousand dead troops in Afghan and nothing to show for it, while we beat the Hell out of each other because we didn't elect a perfect man President to clean up Obama's mess.

Today is my "I freakin' give up day."  Maybe I'll be in a better mood tomorrow.

I hope so!  The despondence seems to come and go........... at least with me.

My sense is that things will only get better with some serious repentance and begging for forgiveness on the part of a lot of Americans, in a spiritual awakening of the kind that happened during the Civil War.

But this is not the time nor the place to discuss any of that, is it? 


Feel better.  God is still in control!

[Sanguine]

Good to see.

I know others here despise him with a deep passion, but I will ALWAYS be thankful that he was our President on 9/11.

ALWAYS.

And because of that I will never have the same disdain for him that others do, even though I disagreed with much that he did (pretty much everything in his second term).



Ducking, covering and preparing for incoming..........   

I agree.

[musiclady]

I agree.

Thank you.