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What fools to think this!
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/white-house-war-terrorism-over/
White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
'Jihadists' and 'global war' no longer acceptable terms
By Jon Ward and Eli Lake WASHINGTON TIMES
Originally published 12:34 p.m., August 6, 2009, updated 06:19 p.m., August 6, 2009
It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war."
President Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism official took all three terms off the table of acceptable words inside the White House during a speech Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
"The President does not describe this as a 'war on terrorism,'" said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a "new way of seeing" the fight against terrorism.
The only terminology that Mr. Brennan said the administration is using is that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda."
"We are at war with al Qaeda," he said. "We are at war with its violent extremist allies who seek to carry on al Qaeda's murderous agenda."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in March that the administration was not using the term "war on terror" but no specific directive had come from the White House itself. Mr. Obama himself used the term "war on terror" on Jan. 23, his fourth day as president, but has not used it since.
Mr. Brennan's speech was aimed at outlining ways in which the Obama administration intends to undermine the "upstream" factors that create an environment in which terrorists are bred.
The president's adviser talked about increasing aid to foreign governments for building up their militaries and social and democratic institutions, but provided few details about how the White House will do that.
He was specific about ways in which Mr. Obama believes words influence the way America prosecutes the fight against terrorism.
Mr. Brennan said that to say the U.S. is fighting "jihadists" is wrongheaded because it is using "a legitimate term, 'jihad,' meaning to purify oneself or to wage a holy struggle for a moral goal" which "risks giving these murderers the religious legitimacy they desperately seek but in no way deserve."
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LOL
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USA can stop fighting terrorism but terrosim won't stop fighting USA dammit ???
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'War on terrorism' is over.
Does it mean "long live terrorism"?
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:dance: Wow, I feel better now. I feel so safe, that because the administration says its over, it must be so. I admit, I drank the koolaid, turned off my brain, and I am a believer now. :P Now if you believe this, I have swampland in Florida I can sell you sight unseen.
Now if someone would only tell the Muslims the war on terror is over, we might actually have something. Dear G-d deliver us from such fools as these. Please ???.
The most disturbing thing to me is that people hear something, anything from this administration and somehow believe it. Which is unbelievable in and of itself. Today Bernanke says the recession is over. Tell that to the 1/2 million people who lost jobs last month. Let them know it is over. :o
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Tell that to the Israelis.
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(War on Terrorism is over) at the white house running the country
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It's over because the terrorist himself is in the White House!
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War on terrorism was inself an extremely moronic term. It is not a big deal that they stopped using it.
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I think we should be fighting an all-out war on Islam...
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I say we kick John Brennan the hell out of his office and replace him with Tempe Brennan. Yeah, she is also leftwing, but she does not mess around, is capable of understanding facts at face value, and does not mess around with evil people! Oh, and unlike John, she's hot! ;D
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Come on, even War on Terror is a politically correct term! We're fighting against Islam, Mohammed's death cult!
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War on terrorism was inself an extremely moronic term. It is not a big deal that they stopped using it.
Right. It should be War on Islam.
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War on terrorism was inself an extremely moronic term. It is not a big deal that they stopped using it.
Right. It should be War on Islam.
It is war on Islam but it would be to "racist" if the news would openly say it. So it's called war on Terror. We all know who the Terrorists are! Muslims.
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It's over because the terrorist himself is in the White House!
Excellent quote.
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It's over because the terrorist himself is in the White House!
Excellent quote.
Thank you