The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything-on terrorism, drugs, even poverty-has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be? (Glenn Greenwald)

The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything-on terrorism, drugs, even poverty-has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be?

Glenn Greenwald

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