<HTML>The ultimate solution to this whole issue is not a military one. Nor should it be.
Having caught up with the days events in the last few hours I'm minded that it may be to early for the question posed in this thread. But then again, we are told we are at war. Given Article five of the Nato treaty that really means 'we', and so I feel justified in posing it.
The sheer scale of this act is still, even after two days, difficult to comprehend. The shock being demonstrated by Americans is, of course, shared by all, but one aspect that is not universally shared is the shock of the new. As a Brit I have known domestic terrorism all my life. I've seen places I have known, even visited, bombed and have experianced security measures and bomb scares at first hand.
I quess I'm saying that I have a different, i.e. non-American, perspective on aspects of this whole thing. The burden of grief at the human toll is being carried by people of many nations and I feel, from my British perspective, that it is important to remind America that she does not stand alone. I am troubled by the thought of an America withdrawn into itself to the extent that the counsel of freinds could be brusquely swept aside.
Regards,
Derek</HTML>
