The Wars on Terra

Wars on Terra, A pun on the War on Terror, commenting on the perpetual nature of the War on Terror. Terra, is the Latin for Earth, and a war on Earth is a war on the planet itself, or a non-distinct war, taking place on the Earth. It has the capacity to extend unto perpetuity, as proponents of such a war see fit.

Critics of the War on Terror point the illegitimacy of "terror" as a target, as it is not a thing or a limited quantity, but an emotional aspect, or an ambiguous term. As terrorists groups[?] may splinter, and regroup under different affiliations, the focus of the War on Terror would tend also to be flexible, so as to include non-combatants, and people not-associated with active terrorist groups.

In Chechnya, for example, the fine line between terrorist and rebel separatist is blurred, giving further weight to the claim that a War on Terror is not bound to terrorist groups.

Surveillace

Civil Libertarians[?] and other civil rights advocates have taken issue with a great number of issues the War on Terror raises, namely the infringemet by government security forces on the civil liberties of US citizens. These include, but are not limited to : the rights of free speech, privacy, and the right to have counsel.