War? What War?

From the Weekly Standard:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/don%E2%80%99t-mention-war

The Obama Administration continues its verbal contortion act to avoid admitting we are a nation at war.

Among us Americans, we can debate at length, whether it's best to treat terrorism as a law enforcement matter, or an intelligence/military matter.  Or even if we're at war with terrorists at all. 

(Of course it didn't help that the Bush Administration didn't declare war on one or more specific terrorist groups, instead of a tactic.  One example often used by my favorite commentators is that Bush calling for a "war on terror," after 9/11 would have been like FDR calling for a war against dive bombers, instead of against Japan, after their attack on Pearl Harbor).

In the end, it doesn't matter what we Americans think.  As long as our enemies believe in their jihadi heart-of-hearts they are at war with us, then we will always be in a state of war with them--no matter what sort of tongue-twists the Obama Administration tries.  What's worse, is that on the homefront, we're ceding the initiative to the enemy and relying on their "amatuerish" failures. 

Prior to 9/11, I'm sure the idea of hijacking airlines with nothing but boxcutters seemed like an amatuerish idea...