Agreed, I would like the government to hinder the enemy as much as possible. The politicians always get in the way of accomplishing the ultimate goal. All to get a few seconds on the propaganda media. In Afghanistan the call from congress and the Pentagon was to stick their noses in the mission so we don't look like an invasion, also so every one could have a turn in the war. Officers with no business on the "line" created huge problems. Some can be hard to Monday morning quarterback but the disconnect from the ground troops was mostly to blame. It all started out great and on the right track, now the war on terror is a complete mess.
As far as the semantics of what to call the terrorist, that was not so much a problem in the beginning, both sides are stupid to argue about something so petty when a second grader can figure out who the bad guy is. The bleeding hearts will always bleed.
My question is the political elite are arguing about labeling when they know who is bad and who isn't, what's the point?