My Brit cousin typified that nation's response to the London terror bombings. After tracking down her grown kids, one of whom worked near Algate, she kept up with the news, felt badly for those who couldn't find their relatives, & hoped there wouldn't be a backlash against British Muslims, & added, "It takes a lot to break the British resolve and like New Yorkers - London will be back to normal as soon as possible." I have to wonder how any city in the United States would react to the kind of tragedy London just suffered; subway & street bombings. The attacks may have been suggested by Osama, but if they were so inspired they were likely planned & carried out by local adherents of the Wahabi Death Cult. Even if there were no British troops in Iraq, England is still part of the Great Satanic Conspiracy; democratic elections, secular judicial system, shameless women freely walking the streets with unveiled faces, a decadent popular culture; not only allies of the United States but still quite fond of us in a parental sort of way.