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That's how our day began
on September 11th.
They had hit the center
of economic power in New York,
and they then had hit
at the Pentagon.
You need to find out
what had happened.
What was it?
I got up and
went down the hall, and...
on my floor,
until the smoke was so bad
I had to get outside.
Then I went downstairs and
outside and around the corner,
and here were pieces of
that American airlines airplane
just spread all over the apron,
all over the grass.
Flames and smoke,
of the building
who were injured
and burned and wounded.
The first responders
really hadn't arrived yet.
There were
very few people there.
How do you think
that they got away with 9/11?
It seems amazing in retrospect.
Everything seems amazing
in retrospect.
in retrospect.
It's a failure of imagination.
It's not as though you aren't
aware of possibilities,
but you tend to favor
some possibilities
more than others.
And it's enormously important
to have priorities.
What are you gonna worry about?
What is it you want to do?
What are you gonna
be prepared for?
And you have to pick and choose.
Well, to the extent
you pick and choose
and you're wrong...
...the penalty can be enormous.
"September 30, 2001."
Memorandum.
Title:
"Strategic thoughts.""The U.S. strategic theme
should be aiding local peoples
to rid themselves of terrorists
and to free themselves
of regimes
that support terrorism.
The regimes of such states
should see that it will be fatal
to host terrorists
should envision
New regimes in Afghanistan
that supports terrorism.
Syria out of Lebanon.
Dismantlement or destruction
of weapons of mass destruction
capabilities.
If the war does not
significantly change
the world's political map,
the U.S. will not
achieve its aim."
On my orders,
has begun strikes
against Al-Qaeda
terrorist training camps
and military installations
of the Taliban regime
in Afghanistan.
In relatively short order,
a matter of weeks,
Kabul was occupied,
the Taliban was defeated
and run out of the country
in large measure,
and a lot of Al-Qaeda
were killed.
Osama Bin Laden escaped
into Pakistan eventually.
The target of the
largest manhunt in history
still eludes capture.
Cave by cave, for any sign
of Osama Bin Laden,
dead or alive.
The high probability that
Osama Bin Laden is still alive.
With Afghanistan's
porous borders,
it's possible Bin Laden
has already slipped
out of the country.
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