A war on 'war' In response to Tony Phillips' commentary "A war worth winning" ["Because I Said So," Dec. 20], the essence of his article is noble, but his call to action is inappropriate. The choice to use the war metaphor is naive and in bad taste. Liberal commentators know that wars cause death, suffering, destruction and numerous other negative consequences--even when the term war is used as a metaphor.

I find it odd that Phillips referenced a slue of wars that have not obtained their objectives--"the war on terror," "the drug war," wars on aggression, imperialism, totalitarianism and ethnic cleansing. He even made a reference to the Vietnam War. None of these wars has been ultimately successful. The war on terror is unwinnable and has been credited for creating more terrorism. The drug war is a failure; it has caused more harm than good. As many progressive thinkers have noted, it is not a war on drugs but a war on people. War has not rid the world of aggression, imperialism, totalitarianism or ethnic cleansing.

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