War On What?

Just a brief comment... The "war on drugs" baffles me in the exact same way and for a similar reason that the "war on terror" baffles me. Sorry, governmental idiots, but just as you can't have a war on a tactic -- terrorism -- and/or the mental state that it attempts to induce -- terror -- you can't have a war on a thing -- drugs. It makes as much sense to say "war on soup tureens", or "war on shoes". Say something like that, and you sound like a complete ninny. We will have made some significant progress when anyone who says something as logcally incoherent as "war on drugs" is seen as a complete ninny. I have every confidence that such a day will come. Because our politicians and bureaucrats may *be* complete ninnies, but none of them want to be seen as such... ~ Wicked Witch of the Dale WICKED, adjective: ... 3) informal: excellent; wonderful: Sophie makes wicked cakes. 4) informal [as submodifier], from New England slang: very; extremely: He runs wicked fast. Origin: Middle English: probably from Old English