It's way past time to end the "War on Terror". [View all]

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It's excessive. It's heavy handed. There's an excellent argument that it creates more terrorists than it kills. It's expensive. It diverts resources. It creates and stokes fear and division.

Unending wars are bad in a myriad of ways, not the least of which is that it becomes the norm. We grow accustomed to living in a perpetual state of war.

the steady march of the war on terror is has turned us into fearful sheep. It has whittled away civil liberties. It has put this countries police forces on steroids.

It's bad for us with regards to the rest of the world. it's bad for us within our borders.

Ending the war on terror doesn't mean ending vigilance.

It's time to call it a victory and move on.