To get a sense of how our nation felt in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the mail column Jerry Pournelle (R.I.P.) had at the time gives a very good perspective: h

To get a sense of how our nation felt in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the mail column Jerry Pournelle (R.I.P.) had at the time gives a very good perspective: https://jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2mail/mail170.html#Tuesday https://jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2mail/mail170.h... “yes, we are at war. This is our generation's Pearl Harbor.”