It is preposterous to be surprized that 20000 lucky people , didnt come to work and die that day.
As i see it, The USA was not responsible for the formation of Israel and the ensuing Israel-Palestine conflict, which seems to be the basis for all the hatred. Israel was formed as a result of the war and that war was definitely not the US's doing. Why does everyone blame the americans for this and attack us. And then expect for the current super power to adopt a Gandhian policy and wait to be attacked several times over before the reaction happens? Or better still work out the conspiracy theories?