The appropriate response to 09/11 is simple: LEAVE. Back when Ronald Reagan was President, a US embassy in Lebanon was bombed by terrorists in which many of the Marines stationed there to guard the emabssy were killed.
Soon after this occured, I believe Reagan ordered the troops withdrawn and abandoned the embassy. With Bush's talking up of Ronald Reagan, it is unfortunate that Bush seems to not take after him in this regard.
This goes to show me that Bush doesn't give a hoot about the safety and well-being of the troops.
Leave where? New York? DC?
You seem to think the proper thing to do when attacked is to run away. While I admire Reagan immensely, his quick pullout after the attack on our troops there was one of the factors leading to Osama deciding the US is a paper tiger.
Given the likely playing out of things in Congress, we appear to be heading in parchment feline direction now.
BTW, the Marines killed in Lebanon were not there to guard the embassy. They were there as peacekeepers in the eternal feuds of the various Lebanese factions. One of the factions didn't appreciate their presence and made one of the first major suicide bomber attacks to get them out. He (or rather his faction) got what they wanted. We left. Leading to other groups deciding that all you had to do to get the US to leave was to kill a few Americans.
This perception is not healthy for the world, and certainly not for America.