Confusion at the top

Until the politicians recognize the difference between criminal enforcement ("police actions") and warfare, and stop confusing the public by mixing up the two, we'll still have "police actions" like Korea and 'Nam, and "wars on drugs." We'll never win a "war on crime," because it's not a war, and we'll never win an actual war if we talk about bringing enemies "to justice," and serving as the "world's policeman." Crime will always be with us, but we can win real wars, when our national interests are truly at stake, by formally declaring them and pursuing them in an unlimited fashion, with unconditional surrender or destruction of the enemy as the ultimate goal. History 101, if we're willing to learn from it.