No War on Terror?

Just a quick note here. I live in a tourist-dependant town, near an airport, in an apartment/residential area. Just two doors down, last Monday, an undercover sting operation caught someone who was getting ready to dump mercury into the water supply of a nearby airport. Tell me what that is if it isn't terrorism. And then explain how it isn't a war. I'm serious. If there is anyone out there who genuinely believes that it isn't terror and it isn't a war, I want to hear from you. And then folks, the question must be asked why local (and indeed national) had nothing to say about it.