"...but when are they going to strike in the US. And can the American public as a whole handle things like the British and not go all wobbly?"
It'll be like the Beltway Sniper days. The MSM and blue state types will be running around like Chicken Little. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'what to do, who to blame, we're all afraid', etc. The red-state types will go about their business, pack pistols, be alert, and contribute to the solution (witness the trucker who discovered the Beltway snipers, and parked his truck so they couldn't escape).
The Administration will constantly make proclamations about how Muslims on the whole are not to blame (which I agree with), in fear that the "red state" types will display TRUE vigilante-type behavior. I love W & Cheney, but most of the Pubbie politocos don't know us as well as they think. We're not a bunch of rednecks out here waiting to burn mosques, or shoot Abu at the local 7-11. But we're watchful, and prepared to respond to imminent threat.
A good time to to break out "A Country Boy Can Survive", by Hank Jr.
Well said. "Rednecks" are often "misunderestimated" as well as others.