Bored, I go back and forth. The part of me that looks from the present wants to be rational and determined in a response. The part of me that sees the aftermath of such an attack is already jumping on a winged horse and hurling fireballs at anything that looks at us wrong.
After 9/11 I contended that the U.S. needed to gain the reputation of a mad dog, unpredicatable, angry, and swift in attack. We're part way there, but political correctness has betrayed our soft underbelly.
I keep going back and forth.
Dont get me wrong, on that fateful day back in Sept 2001, I left work early and layed all of my weapons out, spit shined everyone of 'em. I have quit an arsenal. I even cleaned my rounds. I was ready to go to Afghanistan and take out every one of those "taliban". I wanted revenge! I speak about a cool head because we are gonna need one and I'm afraid I'm not gonna be one of them.
I too go back and forth. Hind sight is 20/20 and I think going into Afganastan was the right thing to do. I dont think we did it right though . . . I digress, sorry . . .