That's not at all what that means. We acknowledge that terrorism does exist. We acknowledge that terrorism is a problem. However, we do not feel this is a war in the sense in which the word "war" is used in international law. We feel that terrorism is fundamentally a criminal activity in the same way as the activities of international drug trafficking networks and other similar groups and that the term "war" was used to dramatize the situation in the public's eyes, to arouse fear, and thus to permit the adoption of provisions that we think do not enhance our security but undermine our rights and freedoms.
Consequently, it was in that context and for that purpose that we put the word in quotation marks.