Messrs. Bush, Cheney, et al. insist that the nation must remain on a "war footing" - including, by the way, not criticizing the government's efforts - until "victory is acheived."
But what would that "victory" be, exactly and specifically?
No one seems to be able to define what "victory" would be.
To answer this question, a definition would have to be specific, observable, measurable - and achievable.
After all, it's in the nature of terrorism that you don't know who exactly all the terrorists are, so it's absurd to say something like "when we've killed all the terrorists" - there's no way to know that.
And they are quite willing to wait for years,.so you can't say something like "When we've gone x number of years without an attack."
But if we can never define victory, if we can never say "Okay, that's done." then is "war" the right term to be using?
2006-09-12
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