>>9/11 should have been dealt with as a crime. The US had a lot of support afterwards and its been used up rather recklessly. The war on terror has been about as successful as the war on drugs.
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>That's the difference, I suppose, between a statesman statesperson and a politician. The former would know that those wars against on words make no sense... specially a war which is somehow on heroin, crack cocaine and crystal meth at the same time - a complete loony of a war. The latter, however, thinks it's a great idea, it's a perfect tool, grab its handle and you get to twist the Constitution, you get to spy on your people, you get to award huge business deals to your family, friends and allies, you get to brand your local political enemies as traitors, you get to choose which laws to uphold and to write the comments below them as if on a blog... a politician's wet dream.

Having personally taken part in the 'war on drugs,' (one which cannot be won and involves the entire world including sometimes your neighbor) I am in complete sympathy with those who are forced to do the bidding of their country whether it makes sense or not...

The drug war is probably doing more to fuel crime and guerrila warfare than anything else in the world today...