There are many Americans who believe that President Bush, by virtue of his many speeches, budget appropriations and declarations, is leading a war on terror. By using the word “war” he expects to have certain legal, constitutional, “wartime” presidential powers and privileges that allow him to operate in the manner to which he and his cabal need. As long as he is fighting this “war” without a real named opponent (the terrorists) with whom he could negotiate an end to this “war,” it will not end. He didn’t declare war on Iraq. He didn’t declare war on the Middle East. He declared war on an ideal. There are even US Representatives and Senators who believe that this is just a legitimate war that can no longer be won. They have bought into the notion that they gave the President the power to declare war. They did not. They voted to allow him to bring the perpetrators of the attacks on 9/11/2001 to justice. Even if Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction within his borders, he and his country cannot be connected to that attack. The invasion of Iraq is not a declared, legitimate war despite our president’s efforts to instill this idea in the minds of the American government and people.