Will We Know IF or WHEN We've Won the "War on Terror"?

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I'm not writing this to compare or debate the policies of the current and former Administrations when it comes to national security and terrorism, that's been done more than enough on the media by poiticians, officials, former officials and pundits. One of the things they argue about it the most is whether it's being CALLED a "war on terror" and even if that's being said often enough! It seems those who like to claim others aren't calling it a war often enough don't care to or don't know how "win". The one thing none of these actual and self-appointed experts don't say is exactly HOW this victory will occur and if we will even KNOW if it's occured. To parasphrase one high-profile politician turned pundit we should just git-er-done and go win. No word on how we git-er-done or how we know when we got-er-done, however... My question is, is this a "war" that can EVER be "won"? Seriously. We can be diligent in our security, doing everything in our power to make sure none of their attempted attacks succeed. We can make sure when we actually catch someone attempting to do our nation and our people harm that he or she is punished and isn't allowed to go free to try again. We can do everything under the law to get any information he or she may have to stop anyone else who may be planning an attack. We can go after known terror cells and try to destroy them. Then we can go after MORE terror cells and try to destroy THEM... When does it end; WILL it ever end and if it won't, if there is no way to ever find and stop every individual or group that wants to harm us, does that mean the "War on Terror" is something that really can never be truly won? Meanwhile, does fighting among ourselves, often on very public forums which the terrorists certainly can and do see and hear, help or hurt our common cause of protecting our country and our people? The "shoe bomber" along with hundreds of other terrorists are currently in prison for life, unable to harm us ever again. I don't care who was in office when they were caught, I don't care where they were tried or if they were given the benefits of our Constitution and our justice system because OUR SYSTEM WORKS! As long as KSM is either locked up for life or executed I don't care where he's tried. The Justice Department has a very strong case against him so he isn't going to be set free. I don't care that the "underwear bomber" was given his Miranda Rights before he started talking again and hasn't stopped for days, thanks to help from his family which we wouldn't have had if he'd been put in Gitmo. If he's tried in an American city and is put in an American prison, that's fine with me. Nobody has ever escaped from any of our super-max prisons and we've had plenty of our own hardened, violent murderers who would be just as dangerous on our streets as any terrorist, in my opinion. What do you think? Is the "War on Terrorism" a war that can ever truly be won? Annie