I do not believe the collapse of the twin towers is as simple as 'Osama and his band of terrorists' are to blame. If he were, he would have been captured or killed by now.

I'm a Brit. I was too young to remember the IRA's campaign in the 70s, but I vividly remember what they did in the 80s and 90s.

Let's compare countries. Afghanistan: area 652k km2, population 30m. UK: area 244k km2, population 60m. Northern Ireland: area 14k km2, population 1.7m. So look how much more populous the UK is, and therefore how much harder it'd be to hide. And look at the overwhelming military dominance of the UK Army in NI compared to the situation in Afghanistan. And then think how many IRA bombers got caught (not that many, and the wrongful convictions that resulted weren't exactly the nation's finest hour).

And then repeat what I quoted, with a straight face...

I don't mean to be rude, but when you say something like that, a reality check is seriously in order.

Graham.