It's sad.
As my profile states, I am British but have been calling the USA my home for nearly five years, and I have come to love my adopted country as well as my native one.
I have been watching the internet bulletin boards since the events of 11th, and maybe I'm reading the wrong ones, but this is the first time I've seen fighting between allies; and on a professional BBS!
I've spent a lot of time reassuring my American friends and colleagues that my country's government and people stand fully with them in this time of crisis. I earnestly hope I am not going to be made out to be a liar.
Yes, if my country's security arrangements are held to be less effective than Pakistan or whatever, then my pride is wounded. Under normal circumstances, I may even be moved to write to ask why. But I think in these conditions, we can afford a little wounded pride, can't we? If an American makes jingoistic comments about about the revolution and the Empire, then normally, I might rise to the bait. But right now, I bite my tongue (or my fingers!)
Let's stick together, and stay together. I do so passionately want to be proud that my country can unanimously stand behind our friends and allies without bickering, the way the different parts of America have come together. Please don't let me and the whole nation down.