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Originally Posted by politicophile
Are we winning the War on Terror? Let’s begin by defining the terms of the question. By “we”, we mean the United States primarily, and the “coalition of the willing” more generally. This does not include France, Russia, China, Germany, Spain, etc, but does include the United States, England, Australia, and Cameroon. Next, we must define what “winning” means.
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i enjoyed reading your comments, but i think you hamstrung the discussion from the very beginning with this definition.
the "coalition of the willing" is a moniker used by politicians to describe the countries involved in our iraq operations, not the GWOT in total of which the french, germans, indians, japanese, polish and spanish etc. all play an active role in.
so "we" should really encompass nearly all civilization in the context of GWOT. of course, i firmly believe our iraq operations are a vital component to the overall goal winning the GWOT... but that's just a single front in the whole undertaking.