] After months of listening to the Republicans base their
] campaign on their singular ability to win the war on
] terror, the president now says we can't win the war on
] terrorism," John Edwards, the Democratic vice
] presidential candidate, said. "This is no time to declare
] defeat - it won't be easy and it won't be quick, but we
] have a comprehensive long-term plan to make America
] safer. And that's a difference."

1. Bush is right. You cannot win the war on terror any better then you can win the war on drugs.
2. People do not understand that and do not want to hear it.
3. Edwards is intentionally taking his statement out of context. Nothing about saying you can't "win" the war on terror admits defeat in the war on terror. Its not binary.
4. People will believe Edwards.

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | President admits war on terror cannot be won