Has the War on Terror been effective?

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Fred Wilson

The War on Terror has not been effective.

For the past six years our country has been taken right, very right, to a place where we fight the war against terror in a place it didn't start and where we clearly can't win it
9/21/2009 11:23:40 AM

Robert Scheer

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"Thanks to the absurdly misdirected war on terrorism that McCain so enthusiastically supports, we spend more annually in inflation-adjusted dollars on the military than at any time since World War II"
8/29/2009 12:57:34 PM

Sean Penn

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"And it's no victory, that in attacking the wrong country, we boosted Al Qaeda recruitment worldwide 300%"
12/12/2008 11:31:55 AM

Eric Holder

The War on Terror has not been effective.

Our needlessly abusive and unlawful practices in the ‘War on Terror’ have diminished our standing in the world community and made us less.
11/23/2008 8:54:29 PM

George Soros

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"The war on terror as we have waged it since 9/11 has done more harm than good."
11/13/2008 10:31:18 AM

Jim Slattery (D-KS)

The War on Terror has not been effective.

The next president will face some very difficult choices because this administration failed to capture Osama bin Laden and instead got distracted by the war in Iraq which stretched our military forces to the breaking point
10/24/2008 12:51:12 PM

Dean Barkley (I-MN)

The War on Terror has not been effective.

Groups that actually attacked us continue to operate with Impunity.
10/6/2008 10:48:44 AM

Jeanne Shaheen

The War on Terror has not been effective.

We have persued a national security policy that has stretched us to the limit and made us less safe than we could be
10/2/2008 10:34:26 AM

Kay R. Hagan (D-NC)

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"Since the beginning of the Iraq war, our intelligence agencies have reported, the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 have regained their strength"
10/2/2008 10:26:17 AM

John Cusack

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"In many ways it's more dangerous now than it's ever been."
7/21/2008 4:04:41 PM

Naomi Klein

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"It's un-winnable."
7/21/2008 12:52:44 PM

VoteVets.org

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"we're losing ground in Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden is still out there, plotting"
7/14/2008 5:03:54 PM

dantynan

The War on Terror has not been effective.

well, the taliban seems to be regrouping and osama is still at large. no, it's all been a big show.
7/14/2008 11:47:41 AM

Romano Prodi

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"We consider the war and occupation in Iraq a grave error that hasn't solved - but has complicated - the problem of security,"
7/12/2008 1:43:51 PM

Robert Wexler

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"He‘s (Obama) got a convincing argument to make that the McCain/Bush policies, in fact, have not made America safer"
7/1/2008 5:41:36 PM

Tom Ridge

The War on Terror has been effective.

"The collaboration and partnership to deal with these terrorists is much more significant, much stronger, reinforced every single day."
6/26/2008 9:25:33 PM

Garrison Keillor

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"This multitrillion-dollar war is going to wind down, one way or another"
6/23/2008 5:10:20 PM

Chuck Hagel

The War on Terror has not been effective.

"as we look at remote regions like Afghanistan and Pakistan, the terrorist threat has increased"
6/21/2008 4:48:44 PM

Saxby Chambliss

The War on Terror has been effective.

"We are winning the war on terrorism."
6/18/2008 6:01:02 PM

Elizabeth Dole

The War on Terror has been effective.

"We have made tremendous progress."
6/10/2008 4:03:09 PM