Obama dropping 'War on Terra' from the national lexicon.....

[marmar]

AP via Yahoo!:



Under Obama, `war on terror' catchphrase fading
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON – The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations.

Since taking office less than two weeks ago, President Barack Obama has talked broadly of the "enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism." Another time it was an "ongoing struggle."

He has pledged to "go after" extremists and "win this fight." There even was an oblique reference to a "twilight struggle" as the U.S. relentlessly pursues those who threaten the country.

But only once since his Jan. 20 inauguration has Obama publicly strung those three words together into the explosive phrase that coalesced the country during its most terrifying time and eventually came to define the Bush administration.

Speaking at the State Department on Jan. 22, Obama told his diplomatic corps, "We are confronted by extraordinary, complex and interconnected global challenges: war on terror, sectarian division and the spread of deadly technology. We did not ask for the burden that history has asked us to bear, but Americans will bear it. We must bear it." .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_go_pr_wh/war_on_terror

[Captain Hilts]

1. It's the Ongoing Struggle Against Violence and Terror. OSAVAT instead of GWOT. nt

[Bonn1997]

2. GOOD!

[JackRiddler]

3. How about dropping the associated policy?

- Repeal USA PATRIOT Act

- expose all illegal acts

- end all illegal surveillance programs - Obama voted for retroactive immunity?

- end the Homeland Security "monstrosity"

- get out of the bog-down in Afghanistan

- no more missile strikes in Pakistan; work with the elected government.

Wouldn't that be a start?

[4 t 4]

4. As well he should drop it,

drop everything that past man touted. That disgusting little man.

[anonymous171]

5. Give a mouse a cookie

and he will attack you for not giving him two. Change takes a while.

[JackRiddler]

6. We are the PEOPLE - not mice. (Well, I won't speak for you.)

We gave the office to Obama. He works for us. He doesn't give us cookies.

Your condescending, royalist view of the State is noted. Maybe there's a paternal monarchy you can move to, like Bhutan or somewhere?

Wonder how you'd feel if you and your family were the collateral damage to one of those missile strikes. During the supposed transition period to more peaceful times.