Wouldn't you prefer that we not have another terrorist attack on American soil? A state of war is hardly a desirable thing.
This has got to be a trick question. We ALL know, or should know, that we ARE in a state of war. This is already a fact.
Would I prefer that we NOT be in a state of war? Sure. Just as I wish that there weren't hundreds of thousands or even millions of nutbags whose mindless allegience to a medaeval death cult masquerading as a world religion bent on domination and control didn't want us all dead or converted.
But wishing it doesn't make it so.
Just as wishing that there won't be another attack won't make it not happen. We just happen to have elected a selection of folks that are too ignorant or too self-absorbed, or too uncaring to understand this. If permitted, they will make another attack easier, and thus make it happen earlier. That's my complaint and my fear.
We aren't going to make real long term progress in this war until we Americans come to realize that it is a long-term war. It is likely a generational war. It may take 50 or 100 years to see it through to the end. This is not a TV series over in 12 weeks.
Unfortunately, the reality of life is that it often takes hard lessons learned at a great price, to bring folks to true understanding. I beleive that as a people, we have yet to learn, and we have yet to pay the full price.
I am quite sure that we will do so, however.