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What would victory on the "war on terror" look like?

Issue(s): War and Peace
Problem description

Almost entirely missing from the debate about how to win the "War on Terror" is a concept of what "victory" would actually look like. The traditional notion of winning a war is fairly clear: defeating an enemy on the battlefield and forcing it to accept political terms. But what does victory -- or defeat -- mean in a war on terror? Will this kind of war ever end? How long will it take? Would we see victory coming? Would we recognize it when it came?

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