[MacDorcha]

State sponsored terrorism is one thing. It helps define the enemy, places a name on it. But I daresay you cannot fully feel that there are, in your corner of the globe, people who wish to do you and your fellow citizens harm in “the name of Allah.”

And btw, facism, as an ideology, still exists. Cuba comes to mind. Nazis still walk the streets. They simply have no home, and not enough desire or numbers to act as brazenly as our current threat does. We never defeated it. We can only subvert it in our own yards.

And Bush has yet to step up to the plate on most of those he did actually lable, so I’m struggling to see why you brought his name into this.

The war is just, the goal is just, and even the methods seem to be effective, but if I were in your place, I would not bring another man’s convictions into my moral battles.

IOW- who do YOU think the enemy is?

[billybudd]

They simply have no home, and not enough desire or numbers to act as brazenly as our current threat does. We never defeated it.

Huh? But that's what defeat means - preventing your enemy from being a threat. After WWII, fascism wasn't a threat anymore; therefore, we defeated it. By your definition of "defeat" we never have, and never will, defeat *anything*, because there will always exist some remnant adherents.

I don't get what's difficult to understand about Bush. He originally articulated the War on Terror policy - that we would destroy any state that sponsors terrorism. We haven't *followed through* on that promise, but I support the policy. What's confusing about this?