Call me nuts, but I believe this is a wake-up call by God to this nation to turn back to him. That does not mean I don't care for the people who are lost. That does not mean I want vengeance for the bastards who did this to us. But, it also means I see the higher scheme of things and that God allows things to happen for a reason and sometimes to get our attention. He dealt with nations coroporately in the OT and brought tragedy IN ORDER TO TRY TO SHAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR PRIDE AND TURN THEM BACK TO HIM. In Isaiah it is recorded that God says he makes "good and I CREATE CALAMITY." He does it all. He is sovereign, no matter how we can't understand it. I must bow my knee to this mystery, no matter how repugnant it sounds to my human mind. I pray that this will serve as a wake-up to repent as a nation and bring God back into our national life and to come back to him.
That said, find the bastards who murdered these innocents and kill them with such furiousness they will feel the horror that these poor people in NY and Washington did. LET'S TEACH THESE TERRORISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE NATIONS A LESSON THEY WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A big fat maybe of course as to "why" God did it, but it is interesting that it happened in the middle of two of the biggest "sin cities" of America. The pull-together after the disaster -- and the national vigilance against more of the same -- will certainly have a salutory effect.