David Cameron: Islamic Terror War 'Struggle of Our Generation'

British Prime Minister David Cameron has compared the fight against the violent Sunni extremists of the Islamic State to the two World Wars, The Telegraph reports.

And speaking to soldiers at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, he warned that the war with the "disease" of Islamic terrorism will last for "many, many years."

He said, "If our great-grandfathers were fighting against Prussian domination of Europe; if our grandfathers were fighting fascism; if our fathers were fighting the cold war against communism; I'm afraid to say, this struggle, against Islamist extremist terrorism, this is the struggle of our generation.

"It's not about involving ourselves in countries far away about which we know nothing. It's about protecting ourselves on our own streets, in our own homes, in our own towns."

The prime minister also said that he has "seen with my own eyes" the terror plots against Britain by the Islamic State (ISIS).

"These people have declared war on us and we must make sure that we respond with robustness and resolution," he said.

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