[A CA Guy]

Well he has one obstacle in this war he waged that none other had in any modern war before him.
These terrorist people are of no nation, yet in many nations.
Have no one base of operations and are in effect a guerrilla movement.
Circumstances have necessitated his style and approach to this war IMO.

I don't know that another President could have done it better, and hind sight is always helpful if we had it before things happen, so that doesn't help now IMO.

[Reily]

Don't get me wrong I support Bush and support the war against terror. Believe me I really understand how different it is, "terrorism = asymmetric warfare" is not similar to what we normally understand war to be. But it still war, its still an effort by a foreign entity to impose its will on us by direct force or through intimidation. I had a friend who I guess like you felt that a formal declaration of war was unnecessary, that the congressional resolution was all that was necessary. (His quote was "declaration of was is so 18th century!") I say the "Gulf of Tonkin resolution" and a myriad of other "resolutions" render those "resolutions" to merely political statements and not statements that any enemy or potential enemy should take seriously. Since they are "political statements", then they can be changed by political action. So our 'enemies' then engage in "political warfare" on our own soil by backing organizations like MOVEOB.org etc.