Well, the do-nothing 9/11 Commission has come out with its do-nothing/offend no one report. Luckily, they were able to complete their findings without having to look down Sandy Berger's pants for more documents. Not like anyone with a clue couldn't figure out exactly what the report was going to conclude.

Only one part of the report, though, am I going to dispute here, and that's declaring a war on terror. The report seems to imply that such a declaration is 'too broad' in scope.

Well, that's because those creating the report are stuck on the conventional meaning of the word 'war'.

The war on terror has been going on for years. Anyone remember Black September? The Munich Olympics, where Israeli athletes were killed by terrorists? That was 1972, but attacks were happening before then. Black September, though, thrust terrorism into the modern media, even as most media attention was focused over on Vietnam.

Al-Qaeda, Al-Zarqwai (it is a SEPARATE organization), Hezbollah, PLO, PLA, PFLP, PFLP-GC, are all terrorist organizations with muslim backgrounds. The Basque Separatists, the Quebec Separatists, Irish Republican Army,  the communists in Peru, the communists in Sri Lanka, the Japanese Red Army, etc. are all not, yet there are ties between them and the muslim groups. They have been documented, but the mainstream media ignores them.

All of the Muslim groups, and some of the others like Earth First here in the US, have either publically declared war against America or else have implied it. To declare war back, and to treat the issue as a war rather than just individual crimes, is the only logical thing to do. Declaring it a crime has not worked in any sort of deterrence, that's for sure. By declaring it a war, it allows the US to legally use the military against terror targets. This scares some people, as it does mean the military could be used inside the US borders to get after a terrorist cell. However, the world has changed. Things are heating up all over, and if we in America do not wish to have happen to us that which happened to Rome and the Ostrogoths, the results of which plunged the known world into a Dark Age, then we must act.

What fustrates me the most is the fact liberals keep uttering the old mantra 'Can't we all just get along?' They keep asking it, even after the terrorists have responded 'No.' They think they can win wars with words, and not deeds. Neville Chamberlain learned the hard way that was a mistake when dealing with a fanatic. There is no compromise. Either follow us, or die. That's the only two options, not 'peaceful co-existence', and until America wakes up and realizes this, more World Trade Centers are in our future.