The Struggle on Terra
So based on recent vocular being used by the White House the new campaign slogan for the Terra War is now "The Struggle Against Terror".
People struggle with drug abuse, alcoholism, depression - even what tie to wear in the morning. Reducing the fight against terrorism to a struggle is like calling the Revolutionary War a minor scuffle between the Colonies and Great Britain.
Supposedly the White House's stance is that 'war' gives people the imagery of military and uniforms and terrorism encompasses neither. Let's ask our men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan what they are fighting in? How many responses would be "it's a struggle". Last I knew no one ever had an RPG fired at them in AA or at the drug clinic.
People struggle with drug abuse, alcoholism, depression - even what tie to wear in the morning. Reducing the fight against terrorism to a struggle is like calling the Revolutionary War a minor scuffle between the Colonies and Great Britain.
Supposedly the White House's stance is that 'war' gives people the imagery of military and uniforms and terrorism encompasses neither. Let's ask our men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan what they are fighting in? How many responses would be "it's a struggle". Last I knew no one ever had an RPG fired at them in AA or at the drug clinic.
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mergenow, at 2:01 PM
"The struggle against terror" sounds like the title of a pamphlet you'd find in the waiting room of your school nurse, or a psychiatrist. Now it's not a vague, ill-conceived Orwellian endless war, but rather it's a condition that can be helped with counseling.
Poop!
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mergenow, at 2:25 PM
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