Making an incredibly sane point for a man mostly known for his inchoate rants against immigration, Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) had this to say:

Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo says the U.S. isn’t waging a “war on terror.” We’re involved in a clash of civilizations, according to Tancredo. “Terrorism is a tactic. It is not the thing with which we are at war,” Tancredo told an audience in Grinnell today. “Characterizing it or mischaracterizing it that way is something that we should not do. We should understand exactly who it is that we are fighting.”
Radio Iowa: Tancredo disputes label “war on terror”

Sounds an awful lot like the point that actual sane people were making a few years ago, reported here:
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