The head of the U.S. army, General Peter Schoomaker, has said the so-called war on terrorism has benefited the U.S. army by making it more focused and giving it some oomph. He told the Associated Press “There is a huge silver lining in this cloud. War is a tremendous focus… Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that [terrorists] have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph.” Schoomaker said it was no use having an army that did nothing but train. He said “There’s got to be a certain appetite for what the hell we exist for.”