Re:Change forever - but not just in New York (Score 1)

Sadly, a minority viewpoint. Here is my response to an office email that had attached this Miami Herald editorial:

"We have awakened a sleeping giant, and filled it with a relentless resolve"
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, 1941 (?)

I too, "tremble with dread of the future" at the response this tragic event will elicit.

May I humbly suggest that further maiming and killing of innocent civilians and the destruction of their livelihoods and cultures are NOT appropriate responses. Now is the time for careful analysis and focused application of the instruments at our disposal. The sloppiness of our bombardments of Hanoi, Baghdad, Serbia, Panama City, Kosovo, and other erstwhile enemies must not be repeated. Our horrific power must be applied with wisdom and justice, not foolish impulses of vengeance.

Let us not let the terrible shock and anger of our pain blind us and reduce us to terrorists as well.