Look what three airplanes crashing into buildings did to this country! The overreaction would be hyperactive, profound, and permanent. It would be even more senseless than the mindless overreactions to the 911 attack.
Precisely. A nuke in the financial district of NYC alone would manage to severely undercut our ability to keep the country afloat. Especially if it was a follow up to more 9/11 type attacks, bio attacks, multiple car bombs, etc.
You are VERY right about that. We are now poised to completely trash the remnant of the liberties the Founders died for in a fit of spastic closing the barn door after the horse is long gone.
Note that we did not have a PATRIOT Act when the Soviets were placing WMDs in the U.S. for sabotage/infiltration attacks. Now, for a bunch of ragheads, we burn our Constitution.