I really thought the whole incident to be a very, very sad thing. I do think there should have been a date set, after which the rescue operation became a demolition operation, for the sake of the rescue workers who's job it was to recover the bodies. Had a date far enough out (say, a month after the attack) been set, the rescue workers would have been able to emotionally prepare themselves for this time, when it becomes a demolition operation, and everyone accept that most the bodies would never be recovered.

The first of what will likely be many bloody noses for Guiliani, and other authorities involved.

The much greater sinning going on here, IMO, is the fact that none of the $1 billion raised for victims' families has gotten to them, and as we are now beginning to find out, there is an excellent chance the majority of the money raised never will reach those it was intended for. The Red Cross came out last week and practically said as much (in their bureaucratic doublespeak, that is).

The handling of all this, from the Twin Towers to Afghanistan, just keeps looking worse and worse.

My heart goes out to the firefighters, but not as much as it goes out to the *families* of the firefighters, who must have been absolutely horrified to see the whole sorry mess take place at all. Couldn't the firefighters be of more use to firefighters' families lost in the attack by advocating for them to get some of the money raised on their behalf, rather than getting in fist fights with the police who have suffered mightily from all this trauma too?