” The war is not over”
War with whom, exactly? We are always at war with crime, which terrorism is. We will never not be at “war” with terrorism. Specifically, how do you define the war being over? Exactly what metrics do we use to determine when the war is over?
How does anyone define the end of a war? When one side stops fighting and the other obtains its objectives. When the Islamists stop putting us in their crosshairs, we will have won. Until then, we don't hand over our prisoners to those who will re-enlist them to put is in their crosshairs.