Once again, the problem is not the nature of the enemy without, but the nature of the enemy within.
As this article indirectly suggests, the symbolic representative of that enemy is Christiane Amanpour. Not that she is much worse than thousands of other media prostitutes in the west, but that she represents them.
It is NOT clear what our response will be as long as it is not clear who Americans will elect as president in November 2004. If it is Bush, we will respond to another attack with as much force as necessary, just as we have already shown we would do in Afghanistan, Iraq, and more quietly in other places. So far, we have more than returned the favor bin Ladin paid us.
If Kerry is elected, we'll turn the other cheek. He'll say, in deeds if not in words, "I liked that. Do it again, because it helped me get elected."
Christiane Amanpour is Iranian, by the way.
Ms. C. "Too Much Slut, Not Enough War" A. mostly only reaches the "useless when the wolves are loose" crowd. When it's time to make the 'muslimy monsters' howl, we'll have the Sherman to do it. The God that provided the "185,000 dead Assyrians" blessing is still around.