we lost the instant we began the war on terror. you cannot go to war against terror. war is the ultimate expression of terror. by retaliating with force, we increased, not decreased, the amount of terror in the world. all while we preached that we would not be controlled by terror.

see also “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” and then turning around and negotiating with white supremacist domestic terrorists. our wounds are mostly self inflicted, and largely towards the benefit of the conservative movement