[rscupper]

"...unworldly and uncultured beasts..."? A little exagerated, but not much. Beasts? - no. Uncultured? - outside of the rich & magnificent culture developed here in the U.S., pretty much yes. Unworldly? - generally speaking, yes. The U.S. has, since about the time of Jefferson, embraced an unless-you-are-directly-important-to-us-we-don't-care isolationist policy. Nothing wrong with that. It's a perfectly justified, and perhaps necessary policy for any so-called 'super power'.

The sad irony, however, is the reason the U.S. was attacked was because we are a 'super power'. Monitoring world affairs is a critical necessity for less globally-influential countries. They must, it's their best and sometimes only defense. A country that cannot project military power cannot afford smug illusions regarding their security. More Americans have now learned the same lesson, albeit brutally.

I hope justice can be done, but it's a complicated task and not a sure thing.