Thomas
"tough stand on terror"
9/11  was just another battle in a war which started when the US funded the takeover of land in Palestine.  The Arabs responded with attacks on embassies in Africa, followed by continued takeover of land in Palestine by funding from the US, an attack on a US navy vessel, an attack on a factory in Khartoum and caves in Afghanistan, an attack on Afghanistan, then on Iraq, Libya and Syria. 

9/11 was a brilliant attack on a strategic resource of the US - its financial district - which failed. 

Where/when did the terror begin?.