It's a lie. Americans name as "hero" almost anybody. You take a cat from a tree? Oh, you're hero! You fly by airplain after 11th. September? You're hero! You was in captivity in Iraq, Vietnam (its mean just that you got frightened to die as REAL HERO with weapon in the hands)? You're SUPERHERO! The pilot, that bomb the poor country from big height and can't be attacked, because the military force in this land hasn't such weapon - this crazy killer, that kill hundreds civil people. And American name such killer as national hero. If American try to make a war without bombing - they lose. In Samolia elite troops of US-Navy were killed by illiterate inhabitants, that have only old weapon in the hands. One American could to make a bomb and blow up it in Oklohoma-city and FBI and CIA couldn't stop he. 11 Arabs made most terrible terrorist attack in the history, but FBI, CIA, US-Army - they were powerless to stop them. But American soldiers and policemen win always... in the Hollywoods films ;-).
Why could the terrorists to make it? Because Americans aren't the brave people. They're cowards and too stupid. They've too many money, fine houses, new cars and they afraid all time to lose it. All time on TV they said "If you see bandits, terrorists - don't stop they. Let it make a police. Be not hero" - that they said.
Americans are afraid of anything. They're afraid of terrorists. It's so terrible. They're afraid of chief (I think - more that the terrorists) Their chief is God and Satan for them. The chief force to do what he want and Americans are afraid to say something wrong to chief. They're afraid to leave a job, because such chiefs are anywhere. After the work Americans go to a psychologist. They tell about own problems, cry, name own chief as tyrant, fool and bullshit. But they can't tell all this to own boss personally. They're afraid, of course (only in Hollywood films they say it, but not in real life).
If somebody make something bad to one American, he's afraid to punish this villain with own hand or just to beat him. He try to sue this villain. An American is happy, if he become a money from such villain. Because, if a villain will go to a prison, this villain can revenge to an American