Even worse than what you see is the fact that police helicopters can't land ont he roofs. As they pointed out on the news broadcasts, the police helicopters landing on the roof were one of the ways that so many people escaped during the WTC Bombings years ago.

Right now, our prayers and thoughts need to be with all the families who have so tragically lost their loved ones.

All airports nationwide have been closed now; not just planes grounded.

They alredy did get away with it. :(

"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Albert Einstein

The people responsible need to be brought to justice in some form or fashion, but full out war will likely accomplish nothing except to start the hatred for another attack like this years, maybe decades, from now. That's just the way war is; it never really ends because of fighting, it only ends when there is peace.

We are a world of hate, as you noted. We hate these people because they believe in a different God. We hate these people because they live differently from us. Hate is everywhere and there needs to be a point where cooler heads prevail and the hate is turned to peace. Otherwise, we'll all nuke each other and there will be nothing left to worry about because we won't even have a life-sustaining planet remaining.

I fear for the next World War. I fear it will be the end of humanity as we know it. There are too many "advances" (how can a means of more death be considered an "advancement"?) in military weapons to think that the next WW will be anything remotely similar to the previous two. It will be far worse and far more reaching and far more destructive.

While in college, I was at a bowling alley (I was a "regular") and one of the "regulars" who was a complete ass got in an argument with me. Things got heated, he punched me, I called the police. We went to court and he had to pay a $500 fine. The satisfaction for me was that his wife had just won a bowling tournament and got prize money in the amount of (you guessed it!) $500. Needless to say, she was pissed at him and from that day on, he was a different guy. He came to the bowling alley, bowled, and left without every creating another problem.

(quote) "I think it's very important to get back to business."

"We've come face to face with a new reality...A reality that has happened in varying degrees in other countries...The way to conduct the war is [to show that our lives have not been altered]...There are many things we can do to prevent this from happening in the future without changing our nation's character"

"What I don't want people to think is that [this is the work of a large group]"

Yes, I agree. The only thing I'm advocating is the focus on the people responsible for these acts, and not a country, or group of individuals (Palestinians, Muslims, etc.) as a whole. I believe you are saying the same thing.