# Post 9/11 if the USA had a real President/Leader ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 17, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806 "2003-08-17T17:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sghoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@sghoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sghoul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806/61 "2003-08-18T17:55:07Z")
Republican, Around here it is best to never assume that something is “common knowledge”. If it is indeed common, then a link would be VERY easy to come by (such as the invasion of poland you mentioned). Simply put: when you make a claim around here that is not opiniated or anecdotal, provide a cite, or don’t make it. I don’t say this to be rude, but your continued refusal to do so will simply make you look bad around here. And I would much rather not see that happen. And I wouldn’t sweat any pit threads around here. You’ll find that based on your views (that you have displayed so far) I predict that you will not be getting along well with rjung, Elvis, mintygreen, or DtC at all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sghoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@sghoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sghoul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806/62 "2003-08-18T18:07:09Z")
Republican, Around here it is best to never assume that something is “common knowledge”. If it is indeed common, then a link would be VERY easy to come by (such as the invasion of poland you mentioned). Simply put: when you make a claim around here that is not opiniated or anecdotal, provide a cite, or don’t make it. I don’t say this to be rude, but your continued refusal to do so will simply make you look bad around here. And I would much rather not see that happen. And I wouldn’t sweat any pit threads around here. You’ll find that based on your views (that you have displayed so far) I predict that you will not be getting along well with rjung, Elvis, mintygreen, or DtC at all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806/63 "2003-08-19T08:17:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Republican \* > \*\*Would you call it bad form if I claimed that the invasion of Poland in 1939 started WW2 yet did not have a citation for it? \*\* If you cannot see the difference between bringing up the invasion of Poland and calling Mandela a rapist without providing ANY evidence… ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806/64 "2003-08-19T09:46:48Z")
I suppose Mandela took over govt. by force too ? That he cut up babies in satanic rituals ? Geeshh… just because the guy isnt a capitalist US croonie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-9-11-if-the-usa-had-a-real-president-leader/195806.md?page=3)