Free Republic

America is at war with a nationless enemy capable of attacking anywhere and sleeking away. The President descrbes this War on Terror as a war unlike any other. The enemy doesn't have cities to bomb, ports to blockade, or capitals to occupy. Instead, it has a hideout here, a website there, and a willingness to blend into everyone else. The War on Terror certainly is nothing like World War II or the Vietnam War, but it does have historical precedents. The scourge of piracy plagued coastal colonies and shipping on the high seas for several centuries. Much like terrorists of...