how long will america be at war?
472399
america is a dieing empire all dieing empires attempt to fight for survial, ego america will be at war until it no longer has the abilty to(money, troops)
834886
Depends which Country the USA is bombing the crap out of at the time I think.
751387
There are hundreds.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_wars
1093889
Americans will die and will keep on dying, as long as their politicians want to get mixed up in other countries' affairs, and find enough fools to vote for them. \n\nHistorically, all countries that were strong and rich used those assets in never ending wars, until they became exhausted and poor. Another country then took over and the cycle carried on. I think it is in man's genes to want to rule others
736046
Your right and I hate to say it osama dinladin was right when he said Americans don't have the heart to weather a long term war.  Its a shame becuase the American people don't understand whats at stake.
437407
Officially, we aren't at war.  Only Congress can declare war.  AND war can only be declared against a nation with boundaries.\nThis war on terror is about as lame as the war on poverty and the war on drugs back in the 80's.\n\nI hate the fact that friends of mine have been killed defending a foreign policy that will only keep us embedded in turmoil for years.  It discusts me!
844078
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that by 12/19 the Iraq war will have lasted longer than World War 2.
512588
Right now we are heading to a war in Iran if Iran keeps up with WMD's.  A war on Civilisation is still verry unlikly the U.S. never had a war like that before.
157893
Yes there will be more war, it is just a matter of time, my advice to any future leader of our goverment is to not use ground troops or aircraft in any future conflict in the middle east but to instead simple launch missles from sea and simple keep bombing them untill they relent or their war capabilities are zero and they beg for peace.
471638
we can not end a war but war will end us
369698
I don't know, not psychic, nor am I one of the President's advisers.  I do know this, when the troops were first sent into Iraq, the President said that this will not be a short conflict.  He said that we will be in it for the long haul.  If I am not mistaken, he said it could take as long as 10 years to complete the task.
12052
it will never end. as long as there is Iraqis all over the place, then that war wont be over. They not allow any foreigners rule over them... just put yourself on their shoes, would you allow bin ladden rule over america? :P
853166
I agree with staying until Iraq and Afghanistan have solid governments and the factions have quit butchering each other to gain power. I don't know if enough Americans can stand the length of time that may be needed to get it done.
453315
No... I would say that warfare of some kind or other will be being waged somewhere on the face of the planet for all eternity, but the likelyhood of a GLOBAL conflict has been steadily decreasing since the fall of the Soviet Union. I can't think of a plausible scenario for a full scale nuclear strike on or by anyone these days. The most likely scenario is that the U.S. will continue to engage in low-intensity "drive-by" wars like Afghanistan and Iraq. There will be other conflicts around the globe too but not a World War 3 per se.
586046
it depends of the situations. But the general answer is 100 years.
110605
this is a very philisophical, scary, thought-provoking question without a real answer. depending on the person you ask, some will yes, look at the nations we have invaded in the past 4-5 years (afgah. and iraq) with Iran coming really soon and others will say no way all the muslim nations have no army or technology we will beat them in any war. I think that the war on terror will last a long time but that its not WII although it could certainly blow up to it at any time
203606
No, wars will not end in our lifetimes.  Don't make the same mistake made by Karl Marx, in assuming that all human social activity is influenced by economics.  There will still be people in the world who want to conquer us solely because of our religion (or lack thereof), our culture, or just because they're idiots.\nKeep your (gun)powder dry.