That depends on what 'War on Terror' presupposes. If the war was intended to kick certain specific terrorists out of certain specific places and take down Saddam along with them, then it still hasn't reached it's goal completely though is part-way there. If it was intended to reduce the number of terrorists and anti-American elements in the world, then it resoundlingly flopped and needs to be completely redirected. :hmm:
I do believe America became safer on some counts, no doubt, but the war created completely new liabilities and destabilized the situation in the middle east more severely than the Bush administration is willing to admit.
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