Ok so in retrospect this was an unnecessary scramble.. .So what?. .They way they do things, it's pretty easy to pile contempt on the Americans and make them out to be farcical figures of fun.. .But is it fair?
How many of us would have reacted with the same kind of scorn if we had been told before sept 11 that aircraft would be used as weapons of mass murder?
I know I probably would have.. .Putting myself in their place right now, I am not sure how restrained and sensible I would be.
Let's have some empathy people.