This is a damn good point and I am almost ashamed that I never thought
about that. It just goes to show how brainwashed we all are about the
things we already know.1) It is not a war in the default definition of war—a)
There are no nations clearly attached to it. One minute it's
Afghanistan, the next minute it's Iraq, then maybe it's also North
Korea, or perhaps it may include Iran, or it may be aimed at Syria and
Lebanon too, etc.b) Congress never declared this war.c) We are fighting an ideal.2)
As such, the President is insulting the American people when he
justifies wiretapping and torture with the phrase "This is necessary in
the war on terrorism."3) It is a 'war' that can never be won.
No matter how much you restrict and monitor the citizens of any
country, there will still be terrorist acts from time to time. Period.4)
It has been an effective tactic itself—giving the more impressionable
public a sound byte to use when faced with an imposing law or
regulation. "I don't like having my luggage searched, and my internet
traffic monitored, and detention camps built on US soil, and my
finances scrutinized . . . but hey we're fighting a war on terrorism so
I guess it's OK."5) It has been repeated over and over again so
that it now sounds true to many people, but it can be translated to say
that in order to prevent violent acts (terrorism) we are going to
commit an even greater amount of violent acts (wars). Simply stated, it
justifies fighting violence with more violence.One man's terrorist is another man's hero.This
"War on Terror" is just a way for the government to make people feel
affraid, make us feel like endless war is justified... I really hope
people are smart enough to wake up and stop this bullshit.A war
on terror is just as bad as a war on drugs... both will never end if
you keep trying... Terrorists will never go away, because the ideal
they fight for is the right thing to do in their mind.V for Vendetta shows, in a way that 'We' can see and support how terrorists can be heroes to those they fight for.They
aren't necessarily fighting against us because they hate our freedom...
They hate us and fight against us, because we stuck our noses where
they didn't belong, and bullied them around for their resources... They
fight us because we continue to bully and occupy their world and refuse
to leave them the fuck alone to live and make the choices they want
with their lives and with their resources.As l long as we fight
them... they will always fight back, they are no more terrorists than
we are. And the idea of that thing we call terrorist doesn't really
exist... You're only a terrorist to your enemy...On
that note, please take note of my candidate, Ron Paul, the last
remaining Republican who understands the true conservatism and wants to
re-instate American's former non-interventionist foreign policy (As
Ronald Reagan intended). Voted against the Iraq War, wants issues such
as abortion and homosexual marriage left up to the STATE, and not the
federal courts, cut WAY BACK on government spending, restore damaged
reputation overseas.http://youtube.com/watch?v=peBGJwE9NXoI
know that Barack Obama is a very tempting choice, but his ideals have
been tried tirelessly over and over again (free healthcare for all, we
all know how that works, especially with the whole raised taxes thing).
God forbid that you throw another Clinton clone into office, too. 
If
you must vote Democrat at all costs and would rather slit your wrists
than press a button in favor of the Republican Party, at least vote for
Richardson.
JAPANESE TERM OF THE DAY: "otaku" ::: weeaboo~Swiftblade
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Also, as a super power, a non-interventionist policy is unthinkable. If something goes wrong, people will blame us for not helping. And as the world shrinks due to technology and the like, isolationism won't work anymore, at least, that's what my (highly respectable) History teacher thinks, though I must confess I don't know enough to make my own statement with certainty.
I like Ron Paul too, I just think he is seen as too "radical" by elements of what the Republican Party has become. Sadly it looks like in 2008 we will just get a GW Bush clone from the GOP.
As far as tactics, we need to be making friends in the middle east. We need people who sympathise with America and can infiltrate terrorist organizations to let us know what's up in time to really put an end to it. We need to support moderate political positions as a means of undercutting support for the radicals.
It means we have really screwed up under Bush. Of course this isn't just Bush's fault many countries and many leaders have ignored or under estimated resentment in the middle east for a long long time. It will take a while to really straighten this mess out.
Amen to this post!