http://www.annieduke.com/2009/03/victory-over-war-on-terror/ Annie Duke - Official Website Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.annieduke.com/2009/03/victory-over-war-on-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Suzanne Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.annieduke.com/?p=536#comment-88 It's all just semantics. Now they're changing "terrorism" to "man-made catastrophes" and the "war on terror" is now the "overseas contingency operation." Makes it sound like we're just helping foreign tsunami and earthquake victims. The war goes on no matter what they call it. The reason it was called the war on terror in the first place is because we aren't fighting a country, but an ideology. That's why it has no definitive ending. There's no one person or one body to demand a surrender from. It's like a war on drugs or a war on poverty. You just keep fighting it because the alternative is even worse. Meanwhile, I can't believe this administration is wasting precious time coming up with new buzzwords for the same old stuff. They certainly don't have a problem copying Bush's surge strategy, although I'm sure they'll come up with a new non-threatening term for that as well. I can't imagine what our soldiers must be thinking when they hear about this nonsense. It’s all just semantics. Now they’re changing “terrorism” to “man-made catastrophes” and the “war on terror” is now the “overseas contingency operation.” Makes it sound like we’re just helping foreign tsunami and earthquake victims. The war goes on no matter what they call it. The reason it was called the war on terror in the first place is because we aren’t fighting a country, but an ideology. That’s why it has no definitive ending. There’s no one person or one body to demand a surrender from. It’s like a war on drugs or a war on poverty. You just keep fighting it because the alternative is even worse. Meanwhile, I can’t believe this administration is wasting precious time coming up with new buzzwords for the same old stuff. They certainly don’t have a problem copying Bush’s surge strategy, although I’m sure they’ll come up with a new non-threatening term for that as well. I can’t imagine what our soldiers must be thinking when they hear about this nonsense.

]]> http://www.annieduke.com/2009/03/victory-over-war-on-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Charlotte Hughes Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:40:42 +0000 http://www.annieduke.com/?p=536#comment-85 I never understood how you can have a war on terror. Terror is a tactic not a person, group or a country. War on a tactic? War on grammar? I never understood how you can have a war on terror. Terror is a tactic not a person, group or a country. War on a tactic? War on grammar?

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