"but when are they going to strike in the US. And can the American public as a whole handle things like the British and not go all wobbly? We seemed to come together after 9/11,"
Amazing to me is how you and the like contradict and answer your own question in the same paragraph. Why do you ask, "when are they going to strike America?" when in fact they already did strike America on 9/11!
9/11 should never be minimalized or viewed as a threat like so many seem to do. It was a huge hit, an act of war on unarmed civilians without warning.
I (and the like) was referring to whatever is coming next. 9/11 was one quick incident (or a series in quick succession if you like)...this stuff in London appears to be an ongoing thing. I would think it would make sense that they would attempt, and hopefully fail, to do something similar here eventually. What I'm wondering is if the people as a whole will freak out and panic or will the people as a whole stiffen up and kick some serious a$$.
By the way....what is this "and the like" you seem to lump me in to?