[ohioWfan]

Especially, when you consider that London has felt many terrorist bombs in the past 30 years, and the bombs of Germany before that, they know the pain and fear that we experienced on Tuesday.

I believe that Tony Blair, in a wonderful speech to Parliament, said that more British had been killed at the WTC (100) than in any previous terrorist attack.

God bless Queen Elizabeth! For royalty, who stand on protocol, this was a magnificent gesture of support for the United States. I was racked with sobs when I heard the Star Spangled Banner at the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. I wonder if the Queen has any idea of what her decision to have that done means to average American citizens like me.

Thanks for the ping, Gretchen.

[maica]

I wonder if the Queen has any idea of what her decision to have that done means to average American citizens like me.

I am sure that she understands. What frustrates me is the general lack of international coverage by the US media which has, for years, put blinders on Americans' world view in so many ways. I wonder how many 'average American citizens' who don't watch Fox or C-Span or read FreeRepublic even know what the Queen did.

[GretchenEE]

I am so glad I caught Blair's speech to a specially-recalled Parliament! I taped it and watched it a second time. It was flawless in construction, message, and delivery. He said everything that had to be said. And with heart!!!

I lost it, too, over the palace guard playing OUR national anthem. Oh my. And when I saw the photos of the queen crying at the memorial ... I could hardly believe it. And then to hear the sounds of The Star Spangled Banner, and the singers, at St. Paul's was just overwhelming. Overwhelming.

Mark Steyn did a bang up job on this piece. He got it just right, about how the queen gets it -- if America falls, there IS no "free world."

Bless you, ohioWfan.

[GretchenEE]

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