RBM
CAGiversary!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719169.stm
The Bush administration is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" to better express the fight against al-Qaeda and other groups as an ideological struggle as much as a military mission.
While the slogan - first used by President George W Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks - may still be heard from time to time, the White House says it will increasingly be couched in other language.
In recent days, senior administration figures have been speaking publicly of "a global struggle against the enemies of freedom", and of the need to use all "tools of statecraft" to defeat them.
The shift in terms comes at a time when the US public is increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq - and sceptical about its links to the fight against terrorism.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant General James T Conway, a senior US military commander, told a Pentagon briefing there had been "philosophical discussions" with US allies over the use of the phrase. "We've been told, actually, that "global war on terrorism" translates pretty well into the various languages," he added.
"So I think that continues to make it a part of the discussion."
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This is history in the making. I can see the ripples of change moving through the American public as this new rhetoric is disseminated through the mainstream media. Magic.
The Bush administration is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" to better express the fight against al-Qaeda and other groups as an ideological struggle as much as a military mission.
While the slogan - first used by President George W Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks - may still be heard from time to time, the White House says it will increasingly be couched in other language.
In recent days, senior administration figures have been speaking publicly of "a global struggle against the enemies of freedom", and of the need to use all "tools of statecraft" to defeat them.
The shift in terms comes at a time when the US public is increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq - and sceptical about its links to the fight against terrorism.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant General James T Conway, a senior US military commander, told a Pentagon briefing there had been "philosophical discussions" with US allies over the use of the phrase. "We've been told, actually, that "global war on terrorism" translates pretty well into the various languages," he added.
"So I think that continues to make it a part of the discussion."
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This is history in the making. I can see the ripples of change moving through the American public as this new rhetoric is disseminated through the mainstream media. Magic.
ING CLOUDSONG!!!" at Sistani, perhaps?
