PotD: What should the US have done in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I'll copy/paste exactly what I said in the chat thead:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035883/9-11-Anniversary-Ground-Zero-Memorial-revealed-pictures-1st-time.html

it looks alright

ugh

within a year of the attacks we should have simply put significantly more robust (and larger, if possible) copies of the previous buildings right back in the place of those destroyed

all the memorials and annual mourning ceremony just make it apparent to the world that it's easy to hurt our morale, and therefore, the attacks were successful

Honestly, I think the whole situation regarding Ground Zero has been handled terribly, at best.

[i'madamn/retard]

[ME##]

[spoiler=We should have done this][/spoiler]


:'(

[Kalahari Inkantation]

[spoiler=We should have done this][/spoiler]


:'(

i agree so hard

[ikanaide]

attack korea

[Kalahari Inkantation]

attack korea

[silvertone]

quit messing around in the middle east

[snoorkel]

Agreed, the site should have been rapidly rebuilt and repurposed into something awesome, not to distract attention from the fact that it was a national tragedy but to prove a sense of "this is how we move move forward constructively, regardless. we will not get stuck in fear and revenge"

but that's way too much to expect out of ordinary people, so fear and revenge were capitalized on instead    

[Daddy]

They should have posted on Boyah.
By not posting on Boyah they let the terrorists win.

[Commander Fuckass]

Tec I posted that link I don't care if you use my name in the quote instead of "Boyager" 

[Kalahari Inkantation]

They should have posted on Boyah.
By not posting on Boyah they let the terrorists win.

oh god jmv

how could you be so right

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Tec I posted that link I don't care if you use my name in the quote instead of "Boyager" 

I didn't want to use your name without your permission.

[Hiro]

Doing the yearly remembrance thing makes sense, but we do make too much of a deal of it.
I agree that we should have built even better towers as quickly as possible, but I don't care for the ones dav posted. Maybe they could have put a memorial wall to decorate the area with as well.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

drilled in alaska

[applesauce]

are you guys at all familiar with the new wtc? kicks the old one's ass so hard.

[snoorkel]

are you guys at all familiar with the new wtc? kicks the old one's ass so hard.

yeah I thought there were plans for this thing

[spoiler][/spoiler[/url]]

but what is estimated date of completion 2040?