How did you know...
...she was belligerent?
Other than yelling back at them, did you actualy threaten them in any way? Not that you would have had a chance, I am sure, because they sound like they had just a bit more firepower than you - and several small nations. I wonder if you could have taken legal action against them, or would it have been dismissed because this is a post-9/11 world?
While I don't know if Bush and Friends actually caused 9/11, I do believe they have taken full advantage of the situation to get their dogma and corporate buddies well into the feeding trough of life.