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Originally posted by QRQ 30
!1. To answer a question with a question: How does one declare war against "terrorism"? Where is the capital? Who is the head of state? Which country do they represent The declared wars cited were against nations: France, Spain, Mexico, Germany and Japan.
2. I'm not a lawyer but since the questioner asked the question he is using some precise, legalistic definition od "War". We are de facto at war. It is said over and over that "this is war".
3. I don't see how the resolve of the american citizenry could have been much stronger than it was on 9/12. The problem is the staying power. The difference is media. If you can gain access to movies, cartoons and written media of the forties you will see that the enemy was always portrayed as ignorant, barbarian monsters and only stories of heroism appeared about our forces.
How things have changed!!.
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1."Terrorism" is too broad, if we said "Terrorism and it's State Sponsors." that might not work either unless we specifically named Iraq, Iran, ect.
2.Does the general population realize that we are at war? Comparing this to WWII may be the wrong thing to do. We are a protracted war, fighting in many different places. Besides the rise in gas prices how else does the average american feel the effects? In WWII we rationed gas, it was something that we as a nation put up with, during our time of need. I have trouble believing that we have the will to put up with hardships these days.
3.We also censored media in the fourties to a degree. Would a some censorship be a good thing during this war. If we had some in place, our military might not be getting dragged through the mud by the media (Abu Ghraib). Hopefully more people would know of the good stuff we are doing for the people of Iraq also.
I support President Bush and our actions, the media is just depressing most of the time.