Bush administration takes a positive step
 

As far as I know this has not been reported widely in the press. I think it is a good step.

White house to drop "war on terror"

The entire exercise should never have been called a war. It is not possible, IMO, to have a war against a concept or a tactic. It is only possible to fight against a political group or nation. The use of this term has encouraged some to consider this as a war against Islam as that is the only real political entity that is in common with the criminals. Clearly too, this is not a war against Islam.

The war on terror should correctly be categorized as part of normal (though spotlighted) criminal enforcement. I hope we can drop that expression from our lexicon. I hope the Bush administration follows up. I hope the Bush administration turns its attention to understanding the psychology of the terrorists rather than focussing on the tactics. Eventually there will be a political solution -- the sooner the better.

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This is good news. Now if only we could turn this light onto the war on drugs.

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Seconded.

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The entire exercise should never have been called a war. It is not possible, IMO, to have a war against a concept or a tactic.

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"We declared war on terror. We declared war on terror -- it's not even a noun, so, good luck. After we defeat it, I'm sure we'll take on that bastard ennui " - Jon Stewart

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Well what would you call this "war on terror then?"

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War on Al Queda; perhaps even more specific than that (i.e. war on Bin Laden's Al Queda). If Bush had called it that from the get-go, it would have focused our efforts, and we could have avoided costly mistakes.

-ptmusic

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"War against violent extremism" (most politically correct version) or "War against violent Islamic extremism" (most accurate version).

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the most positive step the Bush Administration could take right now is the first one out of the White House -

Democrats have been saying this for years...so have Military Strategists who point out that a war is unwinable without clear objectives.

rb

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War on Al Queda

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Not everyone were fighting in this war on terror is part of Al Queda.

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Yea calling this a war against violent islamic extremism would really isolate the islamic community, lets try to piss of the least amount of islamics as we can.