The War on Terror™, so far

[RC]

A very special Don't Panic
The War on Terror™, so far
BY ANDISHEH NOURAEE
Published 08.08.07

How has a cave-dwelling trust-fund baby with a video camera and a chip on his shoulder managed to outfight the most powerful nation in the history of Earth?

Next month is the sixth anniversary of the War on Terror™.

Six years is a mighty long time.

That's longer than it took the Union to subdue the Confederacy. Longer than it took the Allies to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Longer than it took Frodo to get the Ring back to Mount Doom. Longer than it took me to graduate college.

Of the United States' major conflicts, only the Revolutionary War, Vietnam and the Battle of the Network Stars lasted longer. And what have we gotten for our six-year, trillion dollar war?

A debacle of historic proportions that has left hundreds of thousands dead and wounded, weakened the U.S. military, earned the animosity and distrust of the world, and left the United States with stronger enemies.

The United States is losing the War on Terror™. Badly.

So what happened?

Simple.

>SNIP<

Loser move No. 1: The war's objective was defined so broadly that the war can never be won.

A group of violent Muslim fundamentalists with bases, operatives and national allies attacked U.S. civilians.

But instead of declaring war on them and their supporters, the president declared a war on terror – a war to fight the feeling they instilled in us.

It's as if FDR walked into Congress the day after Pearl Harbor and said "Yesterday is a day that will live in infamy, but instead of declaring war on Japan, I've decided to declare war on infamy."

Terror is an emotion. Terrorism is a guerilla warfare tactic. It's possible to fight and even defeat groups of terrorists, but the tactics and the emotions they generate cannot be eradicated.

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Simple, easy to understand. Maybe even easy enough for some of the 27% to get. We need to get the word out as to what has really been going on the last 6 years. As most of us here know the Dems in Congress sure aren't.

[kestrel91316]

1. Actually, it's "Waronterra (TM)".

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. A lack of wars on terrah is not what causes terrah. Terrah is a symptom

of an underlying condition that if addressed, would heal the illness called terrorism. There simply isn't enough profit in treating the underlying symptom, and doing so certainly doesn't give one the right to invade and occupy oil rich nations, so, instead we will fight the WOT with all we got till we ain't got no more.

[ProudDad]

3. Actually it IS a "war on Terra"

If you define "Terra" as;

terra fir·ma (fûr'mə) n.

Solid ground; dry land.

As in Earth...

The "War on (the non-fascist people) of Earth"...