'War on Terror' becomes 'War against anti-freedom/West"

This is the new sound, just like the old sound. What's the point? I'm not so sure I get this...

White House drops 'war on terror' slogan (link)

WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- The Bush administration has begun downplaying the "war on terror" in favor of "a global struggle against violent extremism," the New York Times reports.

Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the National Press Club that if something is a war "then you think of people in uniform as being the solution."

Myers said that while the military may be in the forefront now the long-term solution is more diplomatic, economic and political.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used the new terminology at a retirement ceremony Friday for the naval chief of operations. Rumsfeld said the country "wages the global struggle against the enemies of freedom, the enemies of civilization."

Officials told the Times that the new language is a product of meetings of President Bush's top national security advisers.

Boy, oh boy... the playing field just widened a bit...

I mean, seriously, can you imagine the new story id screens on Fox News? ::que music:: Global struggle against the enemies of freedom, the enemies of civilization .

Something is just not right about this new "slogan"...

Posted by Kyer at August 2, 2005 07:42 PM | TrackBack