[OneWingedShark]

I am no fan of the war on drugs. I don’t think it has been fought very well. First, declare war. Next, don’t let piddling things get in the way. The purpose of war is not to kill privates, it is to subdue systems of government.

Applied to the drug trade, it is not helpful to jail those who have smoke dope. It is helpful to shock and awe the masterminds. We’ve fought privates and recruits and thought that was the war.

I think I could get behind an actual-military war; but let's be honest: the War on Drugs is entirely about expanding government-power and has been for decades. {I can't speak to the 70s, because I wasn't alive, and I really don't remember much of the 80s [certainly not with enough 'sociopolitical context'], because I was a kid.}

[xzins]

As with any war, it is Constitutional to have Congress declare it and for it to be fought to the finish by a nation and their Commander and Chief. As we look to the Free Republic sidebars and are daily reminded of the progress of WWII after D-Day, in the same way I hope we are reminded of the total commitment and total nation effort it takes to fight and win. It is not a side issue among many issues. It is the central focus of the nation. We fight a war.

Sadly, we didn’t honor the troops who gave their lives and time in this most recent war on terror by having that national commitment. Instead, we were at B-Dubs eating chicken wings and watching football. The way we fought this war has cost us a large chunk of our soul.

What would a war on drugs be? You bet. It’s attacking our enemy on land, air, and sea. It is driving them to extinction. It is sending them to death.

That would be a war on drugs, cartels, nations.