The War on Terror - Have we forgotten?

It's too bad that the President did not put America on a more serious "war footing" in 2001 when this began; perhaps building up our forces, a war tax, and going on offense in places like Somalia. We can only guess that the intelligence given the President under-estimated the enemy (again). So now we are in a political campaign, and a recent interview asked candidates Clinton and Obama what they would do if Israel was attacked by Iran? Obama's answer, "take appropriate action"; McCain is on record of taking on Iran if they attack Israel. So why have we forgotten that we are at war? Is seven years too long for the American people to remember? Do we not understand radical Islam? The next President will not have a chance to back away from this war, Iran will not go away, we must defeat that regime one way or another. The American people need to wake up and realize the magnitude of the struggle we are in, and make sure we do not elect candidates who believe we can "talk to our enemies", history is full of those examples, none of them worked out. Wake up America!