When Gingrich used the term "phony war" he was referring to the six-month period in 1940 after Germany declared war on France but did not attack. Hitler sat there and watched the Allies shore up the Maginot Line, meanwhile preparing his attack in a totally different place.
Gingrich should not have used a historical reference that the anchorwomen and liberal arts academics who set Democrat national policy would not understand.
See 46, he’s used in in reference to the wot as well, but in the sense that it’s not being waged aggressively enough, and that GWB hasn’t gone far enough defining radical Islam as the enemy. Certainly not in the sense of the war being phoney, rather it’s conduct.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Here’s what Newt meant. We are almost to the 6th aniversery of 9/11, yet this President wanted to grant amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens with only a 24hr background check. As Sept 11 closes in, our southern border is still wide open. Now he wants to sell 20 billion dollars of advanced weapons to the Saudis who fund the evil Wahabi sect throughout the world. Finally we still have begun to develop an energy policy that would allow us to become enery independent thus starving the economies of Iran and Saudi.
So yes, this is a phony war. Always has been.