Commentary on "A Continuous War"

I agree that the government has a right to protect our freedoms. But I have to say, this will not be the first time that his country has been involved in a war that seemingly had no end. The Cold War, even though it was not a direct conflict between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., was still a war that no one ever thought would end. Perhaps we are always at war with someone no matter what we do.
A difference between that war and this one is the cause. At least in this war, there was a clear reason to get involved, at least in Afghanistan. 9-11 was the clear cause to the war. In the Cold War, a medley of military and political differences put us at odds with the Russians. The Cold War was one with no clear reason to why it started. Today, the war on terror was a war that started because an enemy of America physically attacked American soil.
And to what was said about that Americans are not sure if 9-11 is the real reason we went to war, I agree. What most people did not understand, or in that case remember, 9-11 was not the first time that radical-Muslim terrorists have attacked America. The World Trade Center was bombed in the early nineties by the same people who would later bring them down. Maybe the reason we did not go to war then is because people wanted to stop the hate that was experienced during the Cold war. We had just ended one massive war, and we did not need another. Although, after that first attack, we did kind of start to fight the enemy. Actually, the US has been attacked by these terrorists in other parts of world, but we never launched a full scale war. 9-11 was a result of the US not caring about a problem until it is too late.
I agree with you that at certain times, the government has to protect us when our interests are in danger. I think that war needs to be avoided, but when the time comes, the American people know that they their government has the power to protect them.