Sobering indeed. But New York is still there, and will be for a long time. The Taliban, most of OBL’s band of losers and Saddams empire of terror isn’t.
I heard that bin laden wanted to bring the US to its knees. Someone posted a picture of a man kneeling in prayer and said that he did.
The fool had no idea of the size and resilience of the US if he thought bringing down the towers would cripple us.