Where was the US military on 9/11? [View All]

[Nikki Stone 1]

This is my only question after watching the CBS documentary (the real one) last night. This eyewitness footage by the two French brothers who were shooting a documentary on a rookie firefighter is really powerful account of the attack on the WTC.

What struck me most about this documentary is the COMPLETE ABSENCE of the US military. The people left to handle this mess were civilians, firefighters and cops. There were no military aircraft, no helicopters to get people out of the top floors of the WTC. Even if it had not been a "terrorist" attack, as we have been told, but a horrible accident, the National Guard should have been on hand.

And by the time the second plane hit, it was absolutely clear that these crashes were no accident. The second plane was the one reported to Chucklenuts by Andy Card as he was sitting reading "My Pet Goat". The fact that NOTHING happened, the military was AWOL and the pResident stayed there at the school and wasn't immediately whisked off, is the most damning thing about the event.

Who told the military to stand down?