Thursday, June 17, 2004

So Who's Commander in Chief?

It seems I'm the only one weirded out by the fact that Vice President Dick Cheney (and not the President) gave the order to shoot down non-responding aircraft on Sept. 11, 2001. Why wasn't it the President? It's not like he was lost or hospitalized or something. The Veep said the order was "pursuant to the president's instructions" but again, why didn't the President deliver the order himself? Is the VP a military commander? I didn't think so, but apparently the Air Force thinks so. Adding to the weirdness is that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wasn't told about the shoot-down order until later in the morning. Hmmm, maybe his cell phone was out.

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