The term World War surely implies some kind of conflict between equals. If you had an event in which some hulking Mike Tyson kicked the shit out of a seven stone weakling who had his or her hands tied behind their back, would you call that a prize fight?

This isn't a World War it's a colonial punitive expedition. On the other hand, if the effect is to encourage most people in the world to hate and despise those seen as responsible, in the long run it might develop into a more even contest. That I assume to be the game plan of the people who planned and carried out September 11th. (Remembering that there is no reason whatsoever to believe that the regime in Iraq had anything whatsoever to do with that, however unpleasant it may be in other ways.)