A good point, but consider this:
After 9/11 the pictures of the poor folks jumping out of the towers (BTW, my HS class lost 24) were rarely shown.
Even on theinternet, the quality of such photos was pretty poor.
If, God Forbid, there were a beheading; it would be over the internet in minutes. Regrettably, I have seen the videos--and the quality is nauseatingly good. Such a barbaric act to an American Female (esp. a soldier) WOULD have very severe reaction here.
As retired Navy, I cantell you that a helluva lot servicemembers would be a lot less self- restricted in how we dealt with 'civilians' in Iraq. Many servicemembers would be demanding their superiors to take the severest action imaginable.
"There SHOULD be, but if there wasn't immediately, then there wouldn't ever be.
After all, plenty of American women jumped off of the Towers on 9/11, and any apologies were very muted. Where was the reaction then?"
And who could blame them? But, the original question was how the great mass of people would react here at home to the infection we have been too-graciously harboring. It would make my blood boil, and yours, too. But what would really happen HERE? Would our PC schools still have Muslim prayer rooms and Ramadan indoctrination? Would anchor babies still bring in hostile families? Would there be riots?