Terrorists can not destroy America. Every day we articulate a long war, every time we pretend we are fighting for our survival we not only confer greater power and importance to terrorists than they deserve but we also at the same time act as their main recruiting agent by suggesting that they have the slightest potential for success.

A response to the long war. There are good points and bad points in this.

Early Warning by William M. Arkin - washingtonpost.com