This will be a day long remembered. Terrorism has claimed its bloodiest toll in the States ’til date. Living in a country that has had to deal with terrorism for almost two decades now, I am shocked by these events, but not surprised. For far too long, US state policy — at least to us mere mortals — has seemed to follow the notion of ‘one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’, and the US’ own record in exporting terror is not exactly spotless (you will notice that terrorist groups, whomsoever they are sponsored by, have a way of biting the hand that fed them). Just as it was not possible for the US to insulate itself from WWII, it will find it difficult to insulate itself from terrorist acts — and lord knows that they have plenty of enemies ready to commit these acts given half a chance. Sixty years ago, a sleeping giant was awakened, and though we do not have a president of FDR’s calibre at the helm today, if the giant even half-awakens today, something good will have come out of the all the mayhem and destruction of yesterday.