Panetta says U.S. is 'within reach' of defeating Al Qaeda

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Its this idea that there's a finite number of terrorists and all we have to do is kill them all and we win that's so maddening. The whole "War on Terror" is lunacy. You can't fight a war on an idea...there's no way to kill an idea. It's a war without end. It was designed from the very start as a power grab..."oh well we need to do that because we're in a war, you see!"

Agree on the first part.
Disagree on the second:
War on terror is real and its purpose is to defend your country against terrorist attacks.
The effective strategy is another thing-intelligence,troops in Afghanistan or not....etc.