New York City is the last place I'd want to attack. From my experience, New Yorkers aren't fazed by much, and the city will be up and running again before you know it.
Politics, as we know it, has been stopped for at least the next six months. There will be a national will to find out who is responsible, and then send the culprits to their just rewards. 'Talking head' disputes over Social Security and the Budget? GONE! Disputes over any national defense issue? GONE! Hillary complaining about Bush's lack of leadership? GONE! (Shucks, I'm gonna miss that one)
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, Democrats (and Bill Clinton) saying what a great President he was, as we investigate and revisit what has happened to our national defense and national security over the past 8 years. I don't think too many Clintonites want to be reminded about Bill and Monica, and our attacks on aspirin factories.
Sorry, didn't want to get political, but I just had to vent.
I live across the river and went out and met many survivors (one old co-worker came in a bar I was at). Most were first concerned with getting word home that they were O.K., second with getting home. Some, such as my former co-worker were trying to get into New York. After a beer, most were more angry than anything else. Many were witness to flaming people jumping twenty, thirty, or more floors to their deaths.
Anger, disbelief, and a resolve to pick up the pieces were the dominant emotions.As much as I tend to disagree with the majority of New York City area people, today, I was very proud of each and every one I met.