What has happened since 9/11 that comes anywhere close to the magnitude of 9/11? Spain? Russia? Neither has what it takes to answer terrorism. They invite it on themselves by doing nothing when it does happen.
"What has happened since 9/11 that comes anywhere close to the magnitude of 9/11? "
Nothing yet. But listening to Cheney, Ridge, et al, it's only a matter of time, regardless of what we do in Iraq before we get hit again. Hell, Bush himself admitted that the WOT is probably not winnable, in one of the more candid quotes of his first term. I mean, what do you do - kill every single Muslim on the planet? Impossible and immoral.