I downvoted, but I shouldn't have. My apologies, this is a thoughtful comment but I read it the wrong way at first (as a conspiracy theory). I actually agree w

I downvoted, but I shouldn't have. My apologies, this is a thoughtful comment but I read it the wrong way at first (as a conspiracy theory). I actually agree with you that "War on..." is conducive to terrible thinking (poverty, drugs, terror, whatever). Something like, "Identifying members of organizations willing to take terrorist action, and arresting or killing them, removing their resources, and securing targets and educating people" would be a much better way to look at it. Obviously there are people who are comfortable destroying things at large scale and hurting people, and it needs to be dealt with. But you can't win a war versus an ideology. Much better if they defined it more clearly, estimated numbers, and saw if success was increasing or decreasing. (Of course, that doesn't make for political soundbites)