However, the problem with the above is: if this is a war, when will it end? The First World War lasted about four years, and the Second World War lasted about six years. This war started, at least in its current incarnation, in 2001 and is still going strong, twelve years later. There is no realistic end in sight. The war on terrorism is likely to last several decades, if not longer.

Aren't a lot of the laws involved (including the AUMF) linked to Al-Qaieda and friends? You can't kill an ideology, but you can obliterate a single organisation given enough time.