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Originally Posted by Bill of Rights  I have to agree with one point. The "war on terror" doesn't really exist. One, it's not a war until Congress declares it as such, and two, like the "war on poverty", the "war on drugs", etc., they're fighting an idea, a nebulous concept that in and of itself can never be wholly defeated. There's no one to surrender, no objective to attain to "win". In no way do I say this to besmirch our brave military who are fighting. Their leadership, if it can be called that, sucks, though. |
The War on Terror is just a more PC term for what it actually is, the War on Radical Islam. It i just that if we called it what it really is, more people will be beheaded and the like just for calling a spade a spade. So we wind up with a pretty watered down "War on Terror" name.
Secondly, no you may not be able to kill an idea, but it can be beaten back. We fought against nazi-ism (again, an idea). Is it dead? No, but it is FAR from what it once was. We fought communism (another idea), is it dead? Not by a long shot, but we got a decade or two of not having to worry about nukes falling on our heads so much.
We may not be able to kill an idea, but you can kill or convert those that support it.