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war on terror??

Red Robin

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Britain ends "War On Terror"!

Parody becomes reality

Britain wants to drop the "war on terror" phrase "because this isn't us against one organised enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives."

I'm gobsmacked, I tell you, gobsmacked. The "war on terror" is a silly, stupid, inadequate phrase, but for almost exactly the opposite of these reasons. One of its defects is that it doesn't communicate the fact that we are facing one enemy (with various degrees of organization) with with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives. As I and many others have pointed out on numerous occasions, terrorism is a tactic, not an opponent, and it was not invented by Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001.

And the British also have a bad idea here because we are facing one enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives. Even if one believes that they are twisting and hijacking Islam, they are still at least self-proclaimed Islamic jihadists with the goal of setting up a worldwide caliphate. Even President Bush has spoken about that, on one or two occasions. But evidently now official Britain is retreating so far from reality that we have to pretend that we are facing simply a few gangs of thugs with no coherent ideology or common aims.

And don't forget: the Democrats want to do this too
http://www.jihadwatch.org/
 

Econ101

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Red Robin said:
Britain ends "War On Terror"!

Parody becomes reality

Britain wants to drop the "war on terror" phrase "because this isn't us against one organised enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives."

I'm gobsmacked, I tell you, gobsmacked. The "war on terror" is a silly, stupid, inadequate phrase, but for almost exactly the opposite of these reasons. One of its defects is that it doesn't communicate the fact that we are facing one enemy (with various degrees of organization) with with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives. As I and many others have pointed out on numerous occasions, terrorism is a tactic, not an opponent, and it was not invented by Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001.

And the British also have a bad idea here because we are facing one enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives. Even if one believes that they are twisting and hijacking Islam, they are still at least self-proclaimed Islamic jihadists with the goal of setting up a worldwide caliphate. Even President Bush has spoken about that, on one or two occasions. But evidently now official Britain is retreating so far from reality that we have to pretend that we are facing simply a few gangs of thugs with no coherent ideology or common aims.

And don't forget: the Democrats want to do this too
http://www.jihadwatch.org/

They need to finish the last "war" first. You know, the one on drugs.

GW wants to claim Iraq as a "war". It was authorization to use force, not a declaration of war. The country was never mobilized and the battle wasn't fought as a war. They just borrowed the money to fight this war off of the nation's credit.

GW wants to claim war powers and a lot of people don't want him to have them---they don't trust him. A "war on terror" is an endless war, if you want to call it that. Just like you can declare a war on crime but never finish the "war". This declaration of GW was semantics only to get him to have the right to get war powers. GW may get in a lot of trouble over all this in the end, and it will be nobody's fault but his own. Having the Brits own up to this has to be a serious blow to GW et al.
 

Steve

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They need to finish the last "war" first. You know, the one on drugs.

Is it really important to save a person from drugs?

or booze or any other harmful lifestyle?

Millions spent to get drugs off the streets,..and billions spent to get the big guy.....and I could tell you where they stand and sell....and which house is selling.....but the police will tell you the same thing......"No room at the inn",..so unless they become another problem to....why bother them....

at least when there is a shooting they know where they are at.

I say send caught,..convicted drug dealers to Afghanistan,.. Columbia ,...Iran.... Let them see the source of their drugs....and the suffering drug money causes.




the Irony is if we lose the "war on terrorism"......the terrorists will solve our Drug problem.....
 

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