Pentagon plans to fight ‘War on Terror’ for another 20 years

[dixiegrrrrl]

On Thursday, one Pentagon official predicted the mission against al-Qaeda could continue for another two decades.

Speaking to the Senate Armed Services early Thursday, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Michael Sheehan said the Pentagon has no plans to pull out of its almost 12-year-old war overseas.

When asked for his take on how long the war on terror could go on for, Sheehan told lawmakers, “At least 10 to 20 years.”

http://rt.com/usa/terror-al-qaeda-pentagon-war-397/

for those who prefer a source closer to home, here is WaPo version:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020301853.html

[Renew Deal]

1. The prediction in 2001 was 30 years

So that's within that time frame.

[villager]

2. Of course they do. You never really wanted or needed that silly ol' 4th Amendment, did you?

n/t

[marmar]

3. By then they'll come up with an entirely new banquet of bullshit to justify civil liberties abuses..

'War on Terror' = An amorphous, ambiguous tautology that has nothing to do with fighting 'terror'.

[KamaAina]

4. That's 140 in dog years

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Wonder what it is in cat years?

[KamaAina]

6. Enough to keep us at war* essentially forever