The United States is incredibly fond of characterizing every effort as a war on something or other. War on Poverty, War on Drugs, etc ad nauseam.

In the case of terrorism, clearly perpetrated by criminals , their motives not withstanding, is clearly the purview of law enforcement agencies.

In the US Mr Bush acted on his political and egotistical motivation and added yet another "war" to the lengthy list currently in vogue.

I know of no credible positive contribution by the military in the struggle against terrorism in any country. Terrorist acts are criminal acts. They should be treated as such.

I believe that any discussion on the War On Terror that does not include alternative energy and what average American’s can do to eliminate the use of petroleum products is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The terrorists’ most important weapon is the fact that we are addicted to oil. If we eliminate—or at least reduce—our use of oil and oil based products we take that weapon away from them.
The present administration managed to disguise the War In Iraq with the War On Terror and thus has asked nothing of the average American. After 9-11 I fully expected gas to be rationed because that is what terrorists old over our heads. The Bush Administration has wanted to conduct its wars without inconvenience to Americans so they wouldn’t look too closely at why we’re fighting in Iraq and who’s making the money.