Me... nor do I believe the cultural war and the war on terror are lost, all those other nasty little things that have to be waged to keep civilization civilized. If you don't want to fight for civilization, you can shut up and get out of the way for those that will. It's that simple.
No offense, friend, but what you're describing isn't "Civilization".
We shouldn't be taking our lessons on civilization from Iran. When you start to agree with them on matters of public policy, it's time to seriously question your perspective.
If you don't believe it is lost, you are way more delusional than I thought you were a response ago. What is your criteria for victory?
We had no federal WOD prior to 1900, and our country seemed to be doing quite well. The last UN estimate I saw put the illegal drug trade at around $320 billion/year worldwide. That's somewhere between 10% and 20% of the size of the world oil market (total barrels consumed x price/barrel)-- and it goes right into the pockets of terrorists and organized criminals.
What's your plan for denying the bad guys their funding? (before you answer, please look at posts #64 and #76 on this thread for heroin addiction rates in Singapore, Iran, and the Netherlands.