"comparing either of them with what's going on in Afghanistan and Iraq is really quite idiotic"

The "War on Drugs" GregF compared to Afghanistan and Iraq?

1. The USA is at war with no-one - Fact accept that and move on. For the USA to be at War it requires the approval of Congress no such approvals or Acts of Congress have been passed since the Second World War.

2. The number of dead along the border with Mexico alone in the "War on Drugs" makes Afghanistan look like a picnic. Not really too much coverage of it this side of the pond because it appears to be drug gangs wiping out their competition, i.e. other drug gangs.