If all this posturing is going on and on about the choice in phraseology, then it's pointless bickering.

One side is saying the people in the WTC, as well as New York City in general, should have realized they were a target.

Well, this was already known. America is an ongoing target for Muslim extremists. It always has been, and it always will be.

The other side is complaining that the boxer listened to his coach, but failed to listen to the roaring crowd.

Well, we have a national defense, but we don't have individual defense -- not on the scale that struck last September. In time, we’ll each be able to take the global hit, stand back up, dust ourselves off, and continue with our lives -- but not just yet.

Dan