"I do know of some foreign resident people who think we are fear-driven, savage, uncouth ergo unwise ergo unrespectable Cowboys...but hey, such folks have also been around for a long time."
Oh I don't deny they exist, the question is, who gives a rat's behind? In any case, seems like London had a bit of panic going on after the bombings, and I would venture to guess that if 3,000 Parisians were obliterated tomorrow the French might be a wee bit scared and angry as well.
As I recall, they didn't blink an eye when they lost 3 times that number in the heat wave last summer, mostly their elderly relatives.