Your right, what he failed to take into account was the American spirit. I think on 9/11 that spirit was awakened once more prompting me to think of phrases like "Waking the sleeping Giant" or "Disturbing the Eagles Nest". The people who decided to wage war on us are now going to find out that the American spirit knows no bounds. As President Bush said shortly after 9/11, you are either with us or against us.