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If this attack doesn't qualify as a war, nothing does. This term is not only appropriate, but essential to understanding the serious nature of this situation. Furthermore, since it is the enemy that has chosen to go into hiding, use civilian populations as a shield, obey and respect no international law or limits on weapons, and employ suicide and terrorism as a means of warfare; they have determined how this war will be fought: total war. In a struggle for our very national survival, it is both preposterous and suicidal for the United States to either ignore this threat or reveal the exact details of how this war will be waged. It is a serious and ongoing LACK of proper and relevant security precautions and countermeasures that have led to this terrorist attack, not an overabundance of them. The security protocols that have been proposed for implementation since this tragedy are not improper or irrelevant.