Eleven years later, evidence is still emerging that former President George W. Bush was warned of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil prior to 9/11, according to an NBC News article. An op-ed article in The New York Times on Tuesday mentioned a series of warnings the former president received and ignored, that the public is only now being made aware of.
In their article, NBC interviews former U.S. intelligence officials about the possibility of even more incriminating evidence.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11. It’s probably worth looking into this new evidence. That being said, staring at more evidence does not change what happened that day.
It has been 11 years, and this whole “White House was warned” issue has been beaten to death. People should be moving forward in a positive and constructive way. Each anniversary, however, our country decides to play the blame game. Bush is not even in office anymore. Why are we still talking about him? And if it’s not Bush, it’s Massport. People are constantly looking for somewhere to place the blame.
Interestingly, though, news articles in the Times and The Boston Globe provided glimpses of a nation that was moving on. The papers described anniversary celebrations in New York and elsewhere as “subdued.” The Times even stuck their two 9/11 articles several pages in.
However, there is a fine line between subdued 9/11 coverage and downplaying the anniversary. For what it’s worth, the Times’ coverage was tasteful.
Looking forward, how many more anniversaries are going to be marked by a heap load of incriminating evidence? The White House messed up. 9/11 happened. Let’s stop the placing the blame and move forward.
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