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1awake

(1,494 posts) Tue Aug 20, 2013, 04:36 PM Aug 2013

Question... when does a war on terror ever end? [View all]

I can think of 10,000 ways it could keep continuing, but I can't think of a single way it could ever end. Will there be a day where the US gov can say... yup... no more terrorists. It's really a mind fuck because anyone from any party for any reason can show evidence that something bad is still happening here or somewhere else.

Is the war on terror not a war at all but a way to drastically alter how things are done and how people perceive what reasonable is? Will I be sitting with my grand kids many years from now talking about what happened that day with the war on terror?

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Question... when does a war on terror ever end? [View all] 1awake Aug 2013 OP

As long as the powers that be say it is on, it won't ever end quinnox Aug 2013 #1

Not anytime soon. There will always be terrorists but the government will milk it as much hrmjustin Aug 2013 #2

When the left votes for another Republican president cause the one they have isn't perfect enough? uponit7771 Aug 2013 #3

It's been 12 years with both Republican and Democrats in charge.. doesn't seem to matter. N/t 1awake Aug 2013 #5

Come on, this is histrionic uponit7771 Aug 2013 #8

No, it's reality cpwm17 Aug 2013 #60

Are you saying to replace the Republican we just got? Pholus Aug 2013 #11

^^^See^^^^ uponit7771 Aug 2013 #15

Hey, since you guys are tilting so far right I'm supporting you here. Pholus Aug 2013 #21

I'm not a purist, that doesn't mean I'm a winger either uponit7771 Aug 2013 #24

Check which group you're defending Hydra Aug 2013 #26

You mean the group of people who can inhale and exhale?! Just because Cheney does that to (maybe) uponit7771 Aug 2013 #27

This perpetual war of terror and surveiliance are Cheney's baby Hydra Aug 2013 #29

What is a "purist"? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #47

Anyone who has values that must simply be choked down.... Pholus Aug 2013 #58

Now the professional black helicopter tabloid purist tools of the right leftists are Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #14

come again? tia uponit7771 Aug 2013 #20

so no comment about what the OP is about? quinnox Aug 2013 #16

Point being if we don't support a congress and a president who don't want to have uponit7771 Aug 2013 #19

When does the War on Drugs end? Rex Aug 2013 #4

But, but..."War on Drugs"..."War on Terror"... lebkuchen Aug 2013 #36

True...only the Evil Doers are involved! Rex Aug 2013 #37

Never. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #6

agreed 1awake Aug 2013 #57

"War on Terror" warrprayer Aug 2013 #7

As soon as the money is cut off. So long as they can keep the money flowing, the ONLY sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #9

That is exactly what I was thinking. JEB Aug 2013 #35

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It's version 2.0 of the war on drugs... Pholus Aug 2013 #12

NEVER horror movies are big box office olddots Aug 2013 #13

never. There's too much money to be made off of it. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #17

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War on Terror = big business - So Never npk Aug 2013 #23

When the nation it's sucking the life out of collapses... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #25

Small correction ... polly7 Aug 2013 #34

I had a bit of a revelation this morning about this Hydra Aug 2013 #28

When rich people don't want to have all the money. So never. nt valerief Aug 2013 #30

Dunno, but keep asking this until it ends dreamnightwind Aug 2013 #31

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Terrorism isn't an enemy, it is a tactic. Mr.Bill Aug 2013 #33

"... until morale improves." n/t eShirl Aug 2013 #38

The NeoCons proudly christened it "The Long War". They and the MIC/IC hope it never ends. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #39

When terror's bloody corpse is dragged through the streets KamaAina Aug 2013 #40

First I have to ask, because I can't remember one tiny point. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #41

K&R Rebellious Republican Aug 2013 #42

When War Ends nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #43

As long as the profiteers can continue making billions off it, it will never go away. Initech Aug 2013 #44

Cheney said it will last for decades, at least. tom_kelly Aug 2013 #45

Considering what the "War on Terror" has cost us......we lost. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #46

When it is no longer profitable. Cerridwen Aug 2013 #48

when not one single human being anywhere on earth ever again feels even for single second the Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #49

The color codes were the biggest fraud.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #50

Never: Beacuse war has a bimodal outcome CincyDem Aug 2013 #51

whenever the *noun* gives up. Phlem Aug 2013 #52

Never... Too Much Money... Too Many Boners... WillyT Aug 2013 #53

It is designed to never end! liberal N proud Aug 2013 #54

That is what scares me the most. n/t 1awake Aug 2013 #59

When there are no more taxpayer dollars to pocket. n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #55

when there's no profit motive frylock Aug 2013 #56

For all of us? WOT will end when we cease to exist here. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #61