[MCCRon58]

It will never happen. The last thing the cowards, creeps, cretins and traitors in the democrat party want to contemplate is that they may be called upon to actually do something to fight for and defend the freedoms they so vociferously profess to care about. To call the war WWIII is to acknowledge the severity of the threat we face

[ASA Vet]

He must have been asleep though the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's.

[Mgm3com]

This war is neither WWIII nor WWIV, this is the real WWI long before "the great war" of the 20s. This world war has been going on since the crusades and has yet to end.

[TechnicalEcstacy]

I have always seen the War on Terror much like the War on Drugs. You will never win the War on Drugs, and the best you can do is reduce the percentage. In the same way, we can only buy ourselves time. Even if we won tomorrow, Terrorism would be back within decades. We have to decide how much we want to pay for that time.

[DoctorMichael]

Like the "The War of the Roses", the "30 Years War" and the "Peloponesian War", why not personalize this?

My suggestion is the "War with the Neanderthals".

[jordan8]

the prospect of terrorism forcing Americans to change our fundamental lifestyle is not far-fetched.

Islamic terrorism in the West happens because there are Muslims here. Adjusting to terrorism is just one of the changes to our "fundamental lifestyle" brought about in the name of promoting diversity, and not a particularly important one.

That it elicits memories of the Great War and the Greatest Generation can remind America of the stakes of the current war, and may help adjust American perspective and resolve accordingly.

In other words, even if it's not true it's OK to lie in order to whip the boobs up to a proper frenzy. Reminds me of that Dan Rather fake-but-true thing.

[neverdem]

We’re Losing World War IV ... How to get back to the road to victory. Persians promise pyrotechnics: "More ominous yet, they threaten to unleash an apocalyptic surprise on us on August 22, the night they believe Mohammed lit up the skies by ascending to heaven from the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem."

Missiles Neutralizing Israeli Tanks

Hezbollah has American TOW anti-tank missiles...where did they come from?

Clinton Dodges Political Peril for War Vote

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[hinckley buzzard]

As Bush administration officials know but sometimes seem to forget, today’s struggle might well hinge on ideas, not armies.

This is the kind of sophomoric conceit one would expect of a college kid. The fact is, moslems don't have ideas, so there is nothing there to influence. Radical moslems just need killing, in large numbers.

If there is any "war of ideas" at all, it is domestic, as the sleepy, distracted burghers of the States and Europe slowly come to the awareness that their comfortable, effortless civilization is under brutal assault, and by no means invincible.

[Biggirl]

In truth, WWIII was really the Cold War, in which the USA and the west had won. In truth this is WWIV.

[lmr]

Also, though today we are not fighting state vs. state as in World Wars I and II

I disagree.

Al-Qaeda is the Sunni/Wahbbist Muslim community. Those countries that are responsible either directly or indirectly: Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Former Iraq government, Afghanistan, The Sudan and others. These countries merely use their proxies to conduct their wars for them. All of these countries are responsible for 9-11 in my book.

Hamas is a proxy for the entire Arab world against Israel.

Hezbollah is just a Shiite proxy for Iran and to a lesser extent Syria. Iran is, through Hezbollah, instigating the current trouble with Israel.

Terrorists need state Sponsorship for training, weapons, intelligence, etc. Without it, they would merely be Religious cults on par with Branch Davidians.

Back in the days of Reagan it was accepted fact that all terrorism had state sponsorship to one degree or another.

Why did this change?

It is my belief that the Mainstream media made the distinction between Terrorist groups and their state sponsors and that the Clinton/Gore administration upheld this notion by treating each Terrorist act like it was a Criminal act by individuals rather that an act of war by a state which sponsored these acts.

[BnBlFlag]

The "War on Terror" is a ridiculous misnomer. Did FDR declare a war against "Surprise Attacks" after Pearl Harbor? Of course not.
This should be a War Against Militant Islam. Our Leaders are too PC to be honest about it however.
PC could very well lead to the end of Western Civilization.