The 'war on terror' badly needs a total rewrite
by Larry Beinhart, a screenwriter and an author

There was, and still is, universal agreement that the United States had a right and a duty to act against the people who acted against us.

Our president declared war on "terror."

That was a huge leap. A casual Web search reveals hundreds of "terrorist" groups. There are active rings - engaging in violence at the moment - in Russia, Chechnya, Liberia, Myanmar, Spain, Angola, Egypt, Colombia, the Congo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, Mexico, Albania, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Uganda, India, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tibet and South Africa. There's a smattering in Indonesia, a dozen in Pakistan and about 20 in Palestine. If there is any country that is not on the list, it probably has been at some time during the last decade or could be added in the coming decade.

In short, we have declared a war that must take us to every corner of the world. Unless human nature changes, it must, of necessity, last forever.

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