I'm no longer sure how different it really is. You have a large number of enemy fighters and supporters that want to kill us in large enough numbers so as to destroy or will and our way of life.
We can kill enough of them (or support those that do the heavy lifting) to destry their plans and cause them to think nothing is worse than continued killing. Or, we can lose.
Since it's a fight to the death, I think winning is better. Also since the fight is taking place in every hemisphere, it sounds like a world war to me. I think we have fought one or two of those in the past.
I think that America should be a "live lion".