The only reason America flocked to help NooYawkers after 9/11 is because they are Americans, too. Their high concentration of people make them an easy target for terrorists, but their elitist ideas and attitudes do nothing to protect them. They don't understand taking the fight to those wishing them harm. Their attitude seems to be stand still while others urinate on us and call it rain.
"...their elitist ideas and attitudes do nothing to protect them"
I think it's about time people stop calling the Left "elite," even ironically. Let's find a more apt term.