[Beckwith]

With WWII we knew when Germany and Japan surrendered.

If it were 1942 or 1943 how would you answer your own question? How would you have known about the bomb?

With the Civil War, the North knew the war was over with the South surrendered.

If it were 1863 or 1864 how would you answer your own question?

So, to answer your silly question and to quote the great sage Yogi Berra, "it's over when it's over."

Now, let me ask you a question? Name one civil right that has been taken away from you, personally, just one and back it up.

[JeffAtlanta]

f it were 1942 or 1943 how would you answer your own question? How would you have known about the bomb?

Uh, I would know because we were at war with two countries - of course everyone knew it would be over when they surrendered.

Of course no one knew exactly when the war would be over, but they knew the criteria for it being over (i.e. the enemy surrendering).

During WWII we knew that our sacrifices would be over once the governments of Germany and Japan surrendered or if we reached an agreements to end hostilities. I ask, by what criteria will we know the war on "terrorism" is over? Remember, in WWII we weren't at war against nazism or imperalism but against countries with governments.