I think you're kidding yourself if you think a great opportunity was lost on forming a consensus on terrorism.

In England, we know that whatever the depths a terrorist sinks to - there will be some who side with him. the bully in the playground often has his defenders - usually amongst the teachers more than the kids. there must be some psychological formula somewhere that explains why complete assholes always have their defenders. Shit in the water supply and somewhere someone will be applauding.

If you don't feel safe - its probably because you're not safe. But lets hope they have tightened up security and improved their intelligence gathering systems to make us all safer.

I don't like George Bush. To me his stance on capital punishment is inhumane. However there were no easy options open to him after 9/11. Lets hope he was bright enough to realise that and started spending money in an effective way to combat this problem.