What is important here is how the US adapted its processes, procedures, psyche, and performance, to a threat that was live, daily, and extremely adaptable. In the last 10 years, it has been the US winning the race, rather than Al-Qaeda determining the course of action. Which is really the reverse of what has been happening in India. Ramzi Yousef learnt a vital lesson in 1993, and had Al-Qaeda change the nature of the attack in 2001. In India nobody seems to be learning anything from the terror attacks that frequent this country more than any other in the world, sans Pakistan, probably. Against all terror manuals and tactics, those attacking India are able to repeat their actions, virtually unchallenged, on targets that are themselves glaring to the eye.