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'Global War On Terror' Is Given New Name; Bush's Phrase Is Out, Pentagon Says (24 March 2009)
The Washington Post ^ | 25 March 2009 | Scott Wilson/Al Kamen (WaPO)

Posted on 12/28/2009 7:39:00 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo

(24/3/09) The Obama administration appears to be backing away from the phrase "global war on terror," a signature rhetorical legacy of its predecessor. In a memo e-mailed this week to Pentagon staff members, the Defense Department's office of security review noted that "this administration prefers to avoid using the term 'Long War' or 'Global War on Terror' [GWOT.] Please use 'Overseas Contingency Operation.' ..."

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 12/28/2009 7:39:02 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Morons.


2 posted on 12/28/2009 7:42:08 AM PST by elpinta (Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

newspeak orders recieved..


3 posted on 12/28/2009 7:42:39 AM PST by tje
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Can you imagine how many Luncheon meetings it took for the brainless in d. C. to come up with a new name.

I wonder how much they spent on consumer data to test the reaction of the “stupid” public.


4 posted on 12/28/2009 7:43:10 AM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Overseas? Overseas??????? Excuse me, but how about a contingency plan for stopping terrorists on the homefront? Oh, never mind, Napolitano said it all worked just fine.


5 posted on 12/28/2009 7:43:10 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

How’s the Hopey/Changey thingee working out?


6 posted on 12/28/2009 7:43:11 AM PST by onyx
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To: elpinta
If by incompetence, yes.

If by design, then something ELSE.

7 posted on 12/28/2009 7:43:34 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Each contemptuous Senate Democrat is thinking: "Oh, it will all blow over by spring--they'll forget")
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To: AmericanInTokyo

How about “Overseas Negotiations with Operatives in a Bad Mood”?


8 posted on 12/28/2009 7:43:43 AM PST by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

And we can call Obama “Kenyan Politician in America” instead of President.


9 posted on 12/28/2009 7:44:10 AM PST by o_zarkman44
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To: onyx

The jihadists are just getting warmed up, I am afraid. It is going to be a rough 2010. Take that to the BANK, America. I wish it were otherwise.


10 posted on 12/28/2009 7:44:48 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Each contemptuous Senate Democrat is thinking: "Oh, it will all blow over by spring--they'll forget")
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To: elpinta

Morons? I assume you mean the U.S. Government (correct) vs. the two mohammedan losers (winners, this round?)in the photo.


11 posted on 12/28/2009 7:45:16 AM PST by john drake (Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
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To: elpinta

DemoLiberals! (spit)...They’re even p*ssies when they talk about killing their enemies...uhhhhhmmmm...”Discontinuing
the functionality of opposing peoples”.


12 posted on 12/28/2009 7:48:02 AM PST by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Present Obama’s Sanctions Educating Radicals.

It’s a teaching moment: POSER.


13 posted on 12/28/2009 7:48:11 AM PST by Voter62vb
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I guess our enemies found the previous terminology offensive
14 posted on 12/28/2009 7:52:25 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I agree and please remember,

Obama is about to send 90 YEMENI DETAINEES at GITMO

back to YEMEN!


15 posted on 12/28/2009 7:53:41 AM PST by onyx
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To: AmericanInTokyo

It should be called “war on radical Muslim morons”.


16 posted on 12/28/2009 7:54:18 AM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: john drake

I mean, changing the name of something to dilute its impact, THAT is moronic, yes, and it is by design unfortunately.


17 posted on 12/28/2009 8:00:25 AM PST by elpinta (Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Gentlemen, I give you “Operation Cuddly Fluff!”


18 posted on 12/28/2009 8:01:03 AM PST by oldleft
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I was just commenting to another on a different thread how now that it is obamageddon who started a third theater in Yemen the NYT see’s fit to call it the war on terror! Before they all stopped using the term only Fox continued.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/world/middleeast/28yemen.html?_r%3D2%26ref%3Dglobal-home


19 posted on 12/28/2009 8:05:50 AM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

The first terrorist that needs to be removed is the one in the WH.


20 posted on 12/28/2009 8:15:47 AM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load.)
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