I agree with David first comment on the previous post. The cathartic response is to use this tightly wound and capable military spring we have and unleash due vengeance.

The reality is that the number of people responsible, or members of the group(s) responsible for this attack almost surely is smaller than the deathtoll thus far, and so as long as we remain a just nation that doesn't believe in the collateral deaths of innocents, we'll likely never get that catharsis.

The more likely way the government will help us find peace (inner peace, that is. The irony is heavy on my heart) is to declare a 'War on Terrorism.' Like the 'War on Drugs' or the 'War on Communism' declaring a war on a principle is a way to keep momentum going even when the target might frequently change. It's a sad justification, as sad as declaring that 'Freedom was attacked today' instead of a people, city, or country, but in lieu of a foreign nation standing up to be toppled over, it's what the people will demand, because I get the feeling that for most Americans, you can't kill a handful of people dead enough to make up for the death and destruction they've already visited upon us.

Is it just me, or is anyone else feeling sharply conflicting emotions within themselves? I am on several levels, the most simple being: The desire to turn into tangible action this fury so many of us feel, and the logical conclusion that opposite sides always disagree on the starting point of a tit-for-tat feud, ensuring that it will go on in perpetuity, always justifiable in the attacker's eyes, whosever turn it is.

It's Thursday morning. Two days have now passed since the world changed, yet the progression from one day to another doesn't seem as granular as it did before. Now it just seems like a steady stream that I just sometimes happen to be awake for or happen to be asleep during.