Let me just say that I have read some of the most intelligent things on this post and also some of the most fucking stupid things I have ever heard.
OK, first of all, WTF is up with all the "NUKE 'EM!" "FUCK PALESTINE!" "FUCK ALL THE RAGHEADS!" Jesus Fucking H. Christ people, this is the same kind of anger and antipathy that made whoever the hell it was that attacked us to go to such lengths!
Calls for justice and vengeance are understandble and righteous, but escalating it to this kind of racism and makes us no better than the Nazis or the KKK or, yes, even the terrorists who destroyed the WTC. I thought the NG forums were a place of equality and a generally high level of intelligence, but I guess all you hateful fucks just can't seem to think anything else other than calls for blood. And speaking of Palestine, how the hell do you know that Arabs or Muslims did this? I admit that's most likely, but isn't America based on the idea of "innocent until proven guilty?" If you change this fact, then you really are like the facist fucks you claim to hate.
Going to war? Explain to me, in clear terms, exactly how the fuck we are going to fight a war against TERRORISTS. They wouldn't be TERRORISTS if they fought against soldiers, now would they? The whole point of TERRORISM is to shock and force an enemy's populace into submission. They NEVER attack using conventional methods. As such, we could never fight terrorists in a war. If a country is sponsoring them, then I wholeheartedly agree in kicking the shit out of those wannabe warriors, but we must remember that their government and military must be targeted only. Revenge on civilians, I have said, makes us terrorists as well.
Nuking them? Are you bastards that stupid? Do you have any idea how powerful and devastating a nuclear device is? Palestine is right next to Israel, our ally. If we nuked Palestine, Israel would be blown to shit too. Not to mention that any nuclear weapon dropped in the Middle East would devastate the entire region. It would become uninhabitable, making it impossible to gather oil. Is that really what you want? The loss of our primary supply of energy? The world would come to a standstill.
To sum up, I agree that action has to be taken specifically against the terrorists and their primary supporters. I don't think that would be hard, seeing as how we have the support of the world. Jesus, even Arafat and China said they stood with the US! If the terrorists hoped to weaken America, well, they did. But we are united with people all over the world in seeking justice and retribution. May God have mercy on their lousy fucking souls.