"Perhaps but I'm not sure why you think the American population only consists of manly American males."
Darn it, I keep forgetting that women have the vote now.
"The term "WWII" wouldn't serve any purpose but to make those who tend toward fear more afraid than necessary."
Seems to me like the term "WWIII" might serve to wake some from the slumber of complacency.
"That's why inflammatory verbiage which conjures up images of trench warfare, concentration camps, etc. isn't helpful."
What about inflammatory verbiage that conjures up images similar to those in Clancy's latest book, "Teeth of the Tiger?"
"War on Terror" does just fine IMO because that beautifully sums up what it is."
Except that a lot of people seem to think that the war on terror will be a lower-case war, fought by others a long way away, and won rather easily. Others, of course, think it's just Bush administration hokum.
LOL! I think a few hundred more million have images of WWII seared in their mind than images from "Teeth of the Tiger".
You forget often that women have the vote? Hmmm.