[SlickWillard]

are we going to only attack countries full of brown people?

We declare war on the countries that issued the passports of the hijackers. If that means we declare war on countries we had thought were our allies, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, then so be it.

War is hell because it is.

[KC Burke]

We declare war on the countries that issued the passports of the hijackers

Hi ol' buddy.

Article I, Sec 8 gives Congress the power: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;. This isn't limited to a power against Nations but is instead an extension of our might and soverign interest and can be crafted in any manner the Congress determines.

I believe we should declare war on Jihadic Terrorism and All Nations and Groups which harbor, aid and abet such activities. We should do this soon because we want to punish and deter the Guilty and not just the Involved.

What would we do if the Taliban, Jihadic Organizations in Iran, Irag and elsewhere turn over Bin Laden? Try him in a tribunal, elevating him to martyrdom, and give the groups that fostered, raised, promoted, financed and empowered him a free pass?

No.

We need to, in some ways, set Bin Laden aside, and punish all the guilty, not just the involved. This is the only effective deterent.

The Jihadic Forces can raise up a hundred more just like him. The Taliban must be destroyed and disperesed to show what happens to those who harbor, promote and utilize such individuals and organizations. The sponsoring Jihadic Forces, of which Bin Laden is but a Committee Head, must be relentlessly pursued and where found, destroyed along with those that harbor them. Then, and only then, will the climate and will to advance a social, religious and political war in this manner be detered.

Say it loud and often: War on all the Guilty, not just the Involved.

[Flatfoot]

"declare war on the countries that issued the passports of the hijackers"? So because there were (lets say: I'll stress that this is just for the sake of argument) some Saudi, a few Egyptian, a Pakistani, a Moroccan and a Canadian hijacker the US should declare war on Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Morocco and Canada? You think that even though the governments of those countries weren't involved we should hold them accountable for the acts of individual citizens. Just because an Egyptian kills Americans doesn't mean The State Of Egypt is a threat to Americans and is no reason to go to war against the country.
And nuking countries against whom there are unconfirmed, unattributed, unsourced accusations is just straightforward mass murder on a scale far greater than anything that happened this week.
You're angry, Slick Willard, and that's natural, but just lashing out wildly isn't going to help anybody.