Well, if we had the same quality law enforcement they would give the President a week of briefs saying "They are going to do X with Y."

That is, the people who are paid to watch out for insane attackes knew this was coming. There could have been a coordinated thoughful response including arming airline pilots (many of whom have military training) or increasing security or making cockpit doors stronger.

Instead oon at least one briefing Bush and his powerful donors were watching Barney the dog dig holes in the ranch on vacation. Then helpfully he read "My Pet Goat" for seven minutes after the attack.

Our weakness was not the creative brilliant intellligence of our attackers.

-Jean