End of the War on Terror

And the war on terror as seen by Washington and a complaisant US media is the ultimate money and power machine, requiring a huge military and intelligence commitment that is endless and not confined to any part of the world. As terror has no capital city or national identity the war against it cannot end through capture and surrender. As it is a secret war, it can be waged using unconventional methods, without regard for the deaths of civilians who are seen as "sheltering" the terrorists, guaranteeing that the blood of the innocent will produce new generations raised hating America. The bleeding will continue forever and everywhere as long as there are terrorists, justifying government intrusion into the lives of the citizens at home and huge and unsustainable budgets to wage the war worldwide. It is George Orwell's dark vision of 1984 turned into reality. Tyranny and bankruptcy will be the war on terror's legacy.

We are fighting wars without defining our enemies. We have been tricked into launching an offensive blitz when we should be manning the moats and striking the enemy with strategic sorties into the enemy camps. We cannot afford to impose our way of life on other countries, either economically or morally, when there are only a few who are determined and capable enough to launch an attack against us.