At least they didn’t declare war on “terror”, but an organization. I always hated how this war was labeled.
As long as they keep chewing on that tentacle called "Al-Q'aeda", they'll eventually chew all the way up to the head, which is Islam itself and its bloodyminded muftis who are hiding behind their pulpits while bidding others to collect ricin, make bombs, slit throats, and snipe people to death.
We'll locate all those guys and deal with them eventually -- all in one swell foop, would be my prediction.
You don't want to try to kill 1.2 billion people. Just the 20,000 or so who are egging them on and causing all the hate and discontent.