"They will call for a national day of atonement, wailing, and self-flagellation so we can better understand what we've done to provoke such an obvious cry for help from the poor oppressed terrorist fanatics freedom fighters*"
I don't think so. Remember how quiet they were right after 9/11? One radio talk show guy (ok, it was Michael Savage) declared the left clinically dead. After such a tragedy, the vocal leftists will likely draw fire, and I don't mean figuratively, from the previously silent, apathetic majority.
maybe for a few days, but don't count on any lasting effects