What happens when the President cares more about a photo op, than the safety of US citizens?
WHITE HOUSE CAUSES TERROR SCARE IN NYC...
Obama says 'a mistake'...
Buildings evacuated in panic...
New Yorkers Run Through Streets...
'We thought we were under attack again'...
'Classified' Photo Op Turns Into Blunder...
On Monday morning, one of the 747s used to ferry around the U.S. president was dispatched to the Statue of Liberty, escorted by a fighter jet. Assignment: Get some fresh glamour shots of the plane.
The Air Force said the flight needed to remain confidential. So while New York police knew about it, as did at least one person in the mayor's office, regular New Yorkers remained in the dark.
As a result, to onlookers Monday all across downtown Manhattan -- where the World Trade Center once stood -- the photo shoot looked like a terrorist attack. People watched in horror as a massive aircraft, trailed closely by an F-16 fighter jet, banked and roared low near the city, in a frightening echo of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Fearing the worst, thousands of people streamed out of the skyscrapers and into the streets. Some buildings ordered evacuations. "Oh God, it was mayhem in here, just mayhem," says Rubin Shimon, manager of Styling Haircutters, a barbershop near Ground Zero. Many people took shelter in the shop to call loved ones on their cellphones.
It was all over in a half-hour or so. Then the finger-pointing began. "I'm annoyed -- furious is a better word -- that I wasn't told," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a news conference. He'd been scheduled to talk about a swine-flu outbreak at a Queens school, but also sounded off at the federal government for its "badly conceived" flyover plan.
If there was any doubt left that Obama and the left are living in a pre 9/11 world, I think this little stunt puts those doubts to rest.
1 comments:
Completely and totally inexcusable. Imagine if in Columbine, Colorado the local police department wanted to snap a couple pictures of their new SWAT team in action by putting together a life-like scenario of what happened at Columbine high school. Better yet, lets take the pictures at the high school and we'll let two kids run around with guns while the SWAT chases them around...it'll be a lovely photo shoot. Nevermind all the families that were affected because of two gun man running through the halls of the school!
Let's fly a 747 low over Manhattan because it will create the perfect atmosphere for our photographers. Nevermind the families that were affected by two 747's crashing into the World Trade Center buildings!
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Obama has some of the worst judgment I've ever seen. And it makes no difference if this was caused by one of Obama's appointees because it still shows Obama's monumental lack of judgment.
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