Turning point in American* history

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I’m not American, please explain I am confused

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Maybe just for America. there have been a lot worse in the world, but oh, that didn't happen in USA. You know what is worse? The bombs on Japan.

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and you can thank the muslims

Have no idea why this is downvoted cause it’s true

I suspect it wasn't strength, more likely he was dumbfounded and had no idea what to do other than to keep reading a children's book. Not a bright man.

Yes, heaven forbid that the children would suffer having a story go unfinished while the president attended to the country being under attack! Remember that we didn't know how big the attack would be. For all we knew, there would be dozens or 100s of subsequent attacks across the country at that point.

We aren't real happy about it, but have no power to stop it - even the popular votes aren't taken into an account for 2 of the ppl that became president. We have no rights in this Country, you're very much mistaken - we live in a society where one side comes up with conspiracy theories of disgusting and laughable degrees (you Republicans) - our voting system is rigged with Gerrymandering, (talking to you asshats again Republicans) We go to work for s**t pay while the rich and corporations step on our backs to line their pockets. Women don't have a right to make decisions about their own bodies, (how many times are you m***********s going to pop up here Republicans) We live in a Country where one side is so racist that they picked someone just as racist - and who lost the popular vote (you f*****s put a racist pedophile who robs ppl for a living to be your goddamn president, you may be the dumbest ppl on this green Earth) & this Country is owned by a handful of the rich and corp.

Uhh, newsflash, the rest of the world isn't exempt from embarrassing leaders. Look at, idk, Brazil, the UK, Russia, China, North Korea, most South Asian countries, most African countries, most South American countries..... and so on and so forth....

I've seen the footage - he sat there and did nothing for a significant amount of time. People criticised the hell out of him for it, though I later read that there's actually some sort of protocol for those situations which says no jumping up and rushing out the door because it might make people panic, or something like that. Either way it didn't do wonders for his image.

I was no fan of Bush, but I think it is ridiculous that he got so much criticism for this. Nothing could have been gained by him jumping up and running off. Besides the only thing anyone knew at that point was that there had been a plane crash.

Its worth noting they thought the first plane was an accident. We didnt realize it was an attack till the second. He followed procedure, finished the story then left the classroom immediately. Bush may not have been the best President but he was good with kids and people in general. he knew running out of a room would cause panic.

What did you really expect him to do ? Get up and cause confusion and maybe fear in the school children ? Make the assembled media curious of his motives for leaving ? He did the right thing by sitting where he was and then leaving when the time was right to get a better idea of what was happening.