Reply #5: I think what's incredibly frustrating for me.........

[PaDem]

is that while what you say is spot on, both Dems and Republicans in Washington will never get to the "why?". I think part of the reason the Dems won't address root causes is because they view that approach as political suicide, which it may well be. The American electorate must demand that our leaders address the root causes of terrorism, and I don't see that happening. I think we're too far gone now after six years of Bush's putrid leadership and six years of simple minded "reporting" from the cable news networks.

This so called War on Terror is never going to end. I don't have much confidence in the Democratic party to handle things much differently than the Republicans would. While there is room for improved diplomacy and the elimination of wars that literally have zero to do with terrorism (see Iraq), the odds of a vastly different strategy and rhetoric are almost zilch.