Many individuals do not want Americans killed, they warned for years that our meddling overseas was a contributing cause to terrorism [See: Cato Handbook for the 105th Congress (1998)], and now the terrorism we were warned about has come to pass.
Of course those responsible need to be hunted down. Of course we cannot accept the killing of innocent Americans under any circumstances. Neither can we continue to screw other people and expect no repercussions.
After we have stopped screwing people, after our foreign policy reflects the true heart of America rather than the interests of Big Business, after all this, if we are attacked again, let's take their damn heads off.
We have a right to defend ourselves. We do not have the right to be bullies and cry "attack on freedom based on envy."
My prayers are with the families of those who perished or were injured on September 11. My anger lies with those warmongers on all sides who use innocent blood to keep score.
Hear hear!
I hear you; however, you need to define "screwing" and define "repercussions". It appears to me that nothing in our foreign policy amounted to initiating an attack on foreign civilians, although a lot of it was drifting or reactive. We were a superpower without a national interest firmly in mind, trying to sort out everyone's civil wars, but we did not earn the attack.
It is then incumbent on our government to bring closure to this and that means war, and not police action, because as soon as we punish one set of individuals there will be another.
Defense of Liberty , for your comment.