>My issue is with the concept of a declaration of war against "terrorism".

What would you suggest? We are dealing with a many-faceted enemy. A collection of enemies, in fact, that sometimes cooperate across international boundaries. "War on terrorism" sounds a bit jingoistic, but how else can we label what we need to fight? This is not war between nation-states, but war between civilized society against groups that would overthrow it.

>First, as said earlier, many other countries are in a big battle against terrorism but they haven't seen the need to declare war. They are fighting it aggressively through cooperation and enacting special laws and by restricting the 'battles' within the confines of their own borders.

And that's just the problem. The US has interests all over the globe. Confining this struggle to our own country's borders does us no good. With the exception of 9/11, all of the other attacks against us have been in other countries.

>The Islamic Fundamentalistshave decalred war, but their chances of winning are NIL.

No, their chances of winning are, in fact, very good. All it takes is for us - collectively, not just the US - to do nothing about them. The fundamentalist Islamic vision is sharia throughout the world. They have demonstrated a ruthless willingness to do whatever it takes to spread this vision.

Look at what's happened in Somalia. The fundamentalists have won control over Mogadishu, giving them a safe haven in a relatively large area to base their operations from. What happened there could potentially happen in any number of third-world countries.

But governments don't just fall to the sword. Muslim immigrants have been flooding Europe for decades. Granted, many are not threats, but it gives radical Islam an avenue into those countries. What happened in London has the potential to happen anywhere.

>The rush, sadly, was the U.S. fundamentalists grabbing their big once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a shot at building their vision of the world.

Define "U.S. fundamentalists". Christian fundamentalists?