The idea of making war extinct however, is pure fantasy. We will ALWAYS have wars, and need the option of war to achieve national goals and protect our strategic interests. I fear that like the earlier poster I responded to, you confuse domestic political issues and civil disobedience with pacifism in the face of a war involving a foreign power and the protection (to include possible survival) of your country. It's not a matter of what the terrorists "want." (What if we are not prepared to agree with what terrorists want?) It's a matter of doing what is necessary to protect your homeland and way of life. In the Seventies the Marine Corps had an exceptional recruiting poster that stated one simple truth: "Nobody likes to fight, but somebody has to know how."