“What about the local populations? In those examples, we were at war with countries, people that wore uniforms designating their side in the conflict, they were officially sanctioned by their govt. It’s not the same with Muslim terrorists, is it? They don’t even have a country.”
I would say that, like today, we were at war with an ideology that was spread across the globe. I don’t understand your point. Are you suggesting we are NOT at war?
Not the same kind as before. More of a global policing in my view. We mostly respond, like the police do. We aren’t taking much of an offensive, like in a real war.