Posted on 02/04/2009 9:25:55 PM PST by Steelfish
TERROR WATCH Michael Isikoff andMark Hosenball War on Words Why Obama may be abandoning Bush's favorite phrase. Feb 4, 2009
In another effort to undo the legacy of George W. Bush's presidency, the Obama administration is searching for alternatives to the term "war on terror."
In recent days, Obama's national-security officials have had brainstorming sessions to come up with different ways to describe the U.S. government's efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, according to administration sources who asked not to be identified talking about private discussions.
What's being sought is a more precise phrase that can recast the U.S. government's counterterrorism fight in ideological as well as military terms.
Obama publicly signaled the new approach this week. When asked about the "war on terror" phrase by CNN's Anderson Cooper, Obama said,
"Well you know, I think it is very important for us to recognize that we have a battle or a war against some terrorist organizations … Words matter in this situation because one of the ways we're going to win this struggle is through the battle of hearts and minds."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
‘Surrender’ might be a useful term for Obama and his cult.
The War On Hearts And Minds?
TWOHAM
How about the war against Islamic fascism or the Fifth Crusade?
Crusade works for me
That does it. War on Islam.
Jeez Louise.
Just like the Clinton Administration, these people are into marketing, not leading.
Obama may have dropped one GWB phrase, but he's evidently partial to another.
We are SO screwed....
Battle on Minor Bothers?
What a PUTZ ... these fools will kill thousands, perhaps tens of thousand or even millions of Americans.
It is good that Cheney ‘planted the flag’ at the edges of Obamaniacal complacency ....
Obama will soon have manifold souls to tally in the afterlife.
Destroy the goat-raping, child killing, rag-headed sand monkeys?? Will that pass the PC sniff test??
I suggest “War on Christianity”
Yeah, all great wars have won over the hearts and minds.Cripes, this guy is even more naive than i thot
The “War on Terror” will be over when all the terrorists are “shovel ready”.
Hmmmm. That might actually work.
Bush’s favorite phrase?
Good Lord Newsweek is a sick —— organization.
How about "the small fist fight that will be won by the unicorns and rainbows and tooth fairies that I have empowered to negotiated with those poor people whose culture of death is misunderstood"?
Instead of the War on Terror, how about the
Search For Common Ground With Folks Who See Things Differently From Us
unilateral Republican victory ?
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