Glossary: World War Four

We use this term in the same way former C.I.A. director James Woolsey used it on April 2: a very long, very costly series of campaigns of which Afghanistan and Iraq are merely the first, in which American troops will do battle in many different countries around the world.

Which countries? The Islamic ones.

He said the new war is actually against three enemies: the religious rulers of Iran, the "fascists" of Iraq and Syria, and Islamic extremists like al Qaeda.

And he noted,

"This fourth world war, I think, will last considerably longer than either World Wars I or II did for us."

Where will the New Crusades carry American soldiers? We believe that Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are likely places. Ultimately though, all roads lead to Tehran.