Michael Goodwin is a little bit behind the times:
Last week's headlines prove the point: North Korea fires missiles, Iran talks of nukes again, Iraq carnage continues, Israel invades Gaza, England observes one-year anniversary of subway bombing. And, oh, yes, the feds stop a plot to blow up tunnels under the Hudson River.
World War III has begun.
The Cold War was World War III. We won that one. The War on Terror is Word War IV. Jury's still out.