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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:52 PM
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What should the new name for the War On Terror be? Taking all suggestions!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719169.stm

The Bush administration is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" to better express the fight against al-Qaeda and other groups as an ideological struggle as much as a military mission.

While the slogan - first used by President George W Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks - may still be heard from time to time, the White House says it will increasingly be couched in other language.

In recent days, senior administration figures have been speaking publicly of "a global struggle against the enemies of freedom", and of the need to use all "tools of statecraft" to defeat them.

<snip>

Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke in the new language on Friday, praising a retiring Navy officer who had served as "our country wages the global struggle against the enemies of freedom, the enemies of civilization".

<snip>

Meanwhile, Lieutenant General James T Conway, a senior US military commander, told a Pentagon briefing there had been "philosophical discussions" with US allies over the use of the phrase.

"We've been told, actually, that "global war on terrorism" translates pretty well into the various languages," he added.

"So I think that continues to make it a part of the discussion."

A Pentagon spokesman said the title of a new manual for combatant commanders suggested a slow evolution in the recasting of the mission away from its military aspect.
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:56 PM
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1. I know!
The war to end all wars. Oh, that has been taken.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:02 AM
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12. The Mother of All Euphenisms?
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Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:56 PM
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2. War Against the World. N/T
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:57 PM
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3. How about
"The War for Spreading Neocon Idealogy"...oops I almost forgot "US Military Domination of the Global Oil Market". just MHO.
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:59 PM
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4. War Of Terror
About sums it up.
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:04 AM
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17. Good post
a back up - the war of religions that wasn't

Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, and the rest say we must fight the Islamfascists. Don't those idiots realize Bush says we are there to protect Muslims?

You got to be really schizoid to be a right winger in today's time.
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:00 AM
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5. Bash the Bush!! eom
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:00 AM
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6. Therefore, we need to maintain it. nt
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skids Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:00 AM
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7. I always liked "The War on Terra"
Terra being both a dubyaism and the entire planet.


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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:01 AM
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8. W's Excellent Adventure
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:02 AM
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9. And then comes the sequel W's Bogus Journey
Right?
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:02 AM
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11. Ha!
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:03 AM
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16. W's World! W's World! Party time! Excellent!
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 04:10 AM
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34. Yes! Good one, EOO! n/t
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kick_them_hard Donating Member (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 02:16 AM
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31. Laughing My Ass off....GOOD ONE!~ n/t
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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:02 AM
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10. All Your Oil Be Ours War
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:02 AM
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13. Since we are dropping the word, are we still at war?
wouldn't we be at struggle?
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:03 AM
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14. I think "conflict" would be a better choice of words
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:16 AM
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22. Aw, it would be fun being able to counter wingnuts
talk of war with the wimpy word struggle
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:03 AM
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15. An end to Bu$h and the neoconsters. A beginning of true respect for life.


Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:04 AM
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18. "Look over there, America -- while we ruin you." /nt
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:09 AM
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19. War what is it good for....
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:15 AM
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20. Absolutely nothing! Say it again y'all!
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:16 AM
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23. Lol.
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johnnypneumatic Donating Member (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:15 AM
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21. the War on Terrans
the War on Terrans
Bush vs. everyone
Bush+Rove: it's you and me against the world
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:26 AM
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24. Fear Factor
with your host, Brit Hume
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:39 AM
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25. The War for World Domination(TM)
Warning: Trademark owned by the Project for the New American Century(PNAC), use of said trademark without PNAC's permission includes a one way, all expense paid trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have a nice day.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:46 AM
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26. UPI is saying "global struggle against violent extremism"
or GSAVE for short.

not very catchy
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 01:07 AM
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27. The Struggle To Control All the Oil
The Struggle To Kill All Opponents

The Clash of Fundamentalisms- A book by Tariq Ali

I recommend it.
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banana republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 01:35 AM
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28. BUSH'S WAR ???? N/T
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EnfantTerrible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 01:41 AM
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29. Beverly Hillbillies: Redux (black gold. texas tea)
Edited on Wed Jul-27-05 01:42 AM by EnfantTerrible
"Oh listen to a story about a man named Jeb
Whose older brother George had been dropped upon his head..."

You get the picture.
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 02:00 AM
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30. Total Cluster Fuck.
Or just TCF for short.
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 02:26 AM
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32. "tools of statecraft"
Isn't that the crew running the program?
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 03:51 AM
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33. "it's my war and i"ll bomb who i want to".
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 05:48 AM
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35. The War Against terror (T.W.A.T)
If you're not with TWAT, you're against TWAT!

Thanks, I'm here all week; remember to tip your server.

mikey_the_rat
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:25 PM
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36. *bump for the morning crowd*
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canadianbeaver Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:41 PM
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37. WAR OF LIES....N/T
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:43 PM
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38. BFEE
Bush*Fucks*Everyone*Enterprise
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