Knife, I think you'd be just as opposed to a war against an other country as a war against an abstract concept. The war on terror has included attacks on other countries. So far we've engaged in a war against Taliban controlled portions of Afghanistan and against Iraq, and those campaigns have been very successful. Iraq had been attacking our military forces for a decade before we finally decided to fight back; they broke the cease-fire and in essence the first Gulf War only just ended a year ago after twelve years of hostile action against us. And yet you act like winning that war was a bad thing to do. Just come out and say it, you're against all wars in general whether a geven war is winnable or not.
The problem here is one of semantics: a 'war' on an abstract concept is in fact not a war. War is a term used by media and politicans to highten the suspense. A more appropriate word would be struggle against terrorism, poverty, drugs, etc., and that word would cancel out c and d in your list and keep b in check. Are people going to start using this word instead? How about we start doing it here and see if it catches on?
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