There are two problems in American thinking. The title highlights them both. Americans or at least the install base of leaders of this country seem to view the world as to be won and that ideas or events not to their liking need to be dealt with as if in a war.
Think of all the media or press on decades of past events ..
9/11 plane crashes in NYC led to a war on terror
Ongoing drug epidemic caused by poor legislation has manifest into a war on drugs
Recent SARS novel virus driven pandemic has led to rhetoric of war on the virus
And to boot the ever present hubris of America shall win this war too.
It is beyond laughable, it is downright criminal. That this line of thinking simply adds more fuel to the fire and causes people's perception (wrongly so) that we as humans can in fact solve this favorably by declaring this so called jihad on things we cannot accept as reality.
Oddly there is not much of a war on climate change. The liberals are trying to drum up support but it is not happening. The real implications are too much discomfort. Take the bus or buy smaller houses or eat less? Nah. Cannot win wars like that can we?
What we need is the idea of adapting to the surroundings or the reality of life. Change our habits. Provide common sense legislation that would not cast people off into criminals for certain habits that destroy themselves. Perhaps assist these individuals through health care programs and legalize whole host of things like certain classes of drugs. Come down hard on ammunition purchases instead.
Get vaccinated when the scientists advise us. And be prepared to get boosters every quarter. For now that is the path forward.
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