I have always understood the reference to cowardice to apply to the source of the horrific acts -- those who planned, organized and financed this attack and who hid behind the ones they sent to complete the plan; those who now still hide, and who will hide behind the bodies of children if prepared and armed adults come after them. Yes, they are COWARDS.

Yes. What reasonable person coud disagree with you here Ann? But how much more complex it can be to acknowledge our own societal cowardice.

What attitude shoud we have to the gentlemen (sic) in the political and military and intelligence (sic) establishment of the USA who set bin Liner and his cohorts up with material and logistics support and who now walk away from responsibility for the misery created by fascist thugs of the Taliban?