Thank you ! I haven't wanted to bring this up, but when they bemoan the several hundred US deaths in Iraq, which, while they are hurtful to the families, the soldiers knew what they were getting into.

So....the victims of terrorism are almost always civilians. If we (USA and others) don't continue to send a message that this WILL not be tolerated. this will go on.

I think we're thinking about the so-called war on terrorism the wrong way. To me a "war" connotes two or more discrete fighting forces, representing a specific nation-state or alliance, having it out to settle their differences.

Terrorism is nothing more than murder. As such that is a crime, not an act of war. Terrorists should be treated like criminals. Detective work, forensics, and other tools more common to criminal justice would apply better than the classic "war." You can't run an Omaha Beach on an al-Qaeda cell. On D-Day we knew where the enemy was.

Anyway, end of rant.