Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards declared a few months ago that the War on Terror is nothing more than a bumper sticker slogan.

The Global War on Terror is more than a bumper sticker. It is a war between the West and a growing radical Islam. It is a war which engulfs every major continent and every Western nation. It is a war which is fought by armies in Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Somalia, and Lebanon. It is a war which has taken hostages from Gaza to the Philippines. It is a war which has detonated bombs from streets in Baghdad to buildings in Bali and from a Scottish airport to an embassy in Kenya. It is a war which rages from trains in India to suburbs in France and from caves in Afghanistan to skyscrapers in New York. The Global nature of this war cannot be emphasized enough, and though this seemingly endless proselytizing will be repeated many times, by talk radio and bloggers like me, but to the discouraged home front, it seems as though nobody is listening. (more…)