just to throw another two cents in, or maybe another perspective to think about.... It seems to me that there is no such thing as a "just" war, war is just war when it comes down to the mechanism. Justification for the horrors of any war seem all too subjective when compared to what war is from an objective, individual, ground zero, hand to hand combat reality. The reality of what war is should strike terror in our minds and hearts, that is how it should be. It should be the act of last resort. But that "last resort" is a tricky determination. To me the war has already begun, the factions who declared war on America have done so already the only question is where will this war be fought: in America, in the streets of England, Canada or any other country that does not align itself with the so called militant Islamic factions such as Al Quada? The war of the terrorists is justified by them as a sacred duty, the last resort, of necessity to them....their actions are intended to defeat through complete and absolute annihilation of the enemy of their "god". Their army of men, women and children have an absolute and sacred duty to put to death any man, woman or child of their enemy. They are, individually, god's weapon. So again, where will this war be fought? It has already been declared and in that declaration is the unity, in the current world order lies the separation. Each act of terror unites others of like belief, and that belief is that they are individually a weapon of their war....their message of unity is made by each act of terror within ordered society. They count on the lack of unity in so called "ordered" society, they count on the lack of a unified vision in a free society, they count on the restraint of peaceful citizens.....that is their foothold....our freedoms preoccupy us and distract us from their "unified" vision and message..that they will come to our neighborhood and they will destroy us and all those who do not support their own view..... The difficulty is to see that in a free society individual freedoms are limited by necessity, law and order exist to distinguish individual freedoms from chaos....in chaos fear equals power......terror is the mechanism of chaos... Should we, and each of us, want to send the message that the war will be fought at the doorstep of those who have declared war already.......I think so....what is the alternative we will wait until they invade our neighborhood...?...is that not what 9-11 signified was their "ability" to do so...?... The war has been declared, even if we would prefer peace, there are those who would use that preference as an advantage....the question that remains is where will this war be fought, not when.