I see a long war, Mitch. In fact, that's what a lot of people are calling the war on terrorism, "the Long War". How are we to ever know or pronounce it done. Some are under the naive impresssion that the death of bin Laden will end it all. Not hardly likely. This is a cultural war that will most likely domiante the twentyfirst century or at least the first half of it. Here's an article that details some of the things we've done wrong and what we can do about them now, but note also how it describes the war on terror. September 10th is as gone as the roaring twenties; life will never be quite the same again.
Andrew C. McCarthy on Barack Obama & National Security on National Review Online