If we were going to seek brash vengeance without regard to the culpability of the people on whom we are visiting our revenge then we would have done it on Tuesday, or yesterday, not today, not tomorrow. Prudence on the part of the US is in order. Hopefully we can move beyond the incompetence of Madeleine Albright and prove our collective right to be called Western, to claim civilization, in whatever form our retaliation takes. We can't lose sight of what makes US different from the people who did this. Why terrorism is not a criminal justice issue.
Peace has to be made .
It can't merely be wished into being. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Links Donate money to the Red Cross. Wonderful shot of a candlelight vigil in Nevada. No shelter for terrorism must be allowed to remain, no quarter can be given, or the plague will resume with even greater fury.