no more War On Terror.....
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"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."
and
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."
"Worse, it risks reinforcing the idea that the United States is somehow at war with Islam itself," Mr. Brennan said.
As for the "war on terrorism," Mr. Brennan said the administration is not going to say that "because 'terrorism' is but a tactic — a means to an end, which in al Qaedas case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate."
"You can never fully defeat a tactic like terrorism any more than you can defeat the tactic of war itself," Mr. Brennan said.
He also said that to call the fight against al Qaeda and other terrorist groups — which he said remains "a dynamic and evolving threat" — should not be called "a global war."
Idiots.
"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."
and
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."
"Worse, it risks reinforcing the idea that the United States is somehow at war with Islam itself," Mr. Brennan said.
As for the "war on terrorism," Mr. Brennan said the administration is not going to say that "because 'terrorism' is but a tactic — a means to an end, which in al Qaedas case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate."
"You can never fully defeat a tactic like terrorism any more than you can defeat the tactic of war itself," Mr. Brennan said.
He also said that to call the fight against al Qaeda and other terrorist groups — which he said remains "a dynamic and evolving threat" — should not be called "a global war."
Idiots.
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Date: 2009-08-06 07:15 pm (UTC)It's warfare against unbelievers, no matter what form that warfare may take, whether violent or non-violent. (Non-violent would be like the so-called discrimination suits that are constantly being filed by Muslims.)
We are not just at war with al Qaeda. We are at war with any groups or individuals who are practicing jihad against us. THEY are the ones at war against US.
"Worse, it risks reinforcing the idea that the United States is somehow at war with Islam itself," Mr. Brennan said.
You fool. We are not at war with Islam. Islam is at war with us. (And no, it is not just a few misguided extremists taking things out of context. This is what Islam ITSELF teaches.)
He also said that to call the fight against al Qaeda and other terrorist groups — which he said remains "a dynamic and evolving threat" — should not be called "a global war."
ORLY? Tell that to the people in Taiwan, in the Phillipines, in Bali, in England, in Spain, in various countries in Africa. And in our own USA.
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Date: 2009-08-07 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-06 07:59 pm (UTC)"What man would let another man’s words, rather than his deeds, tell him who is at peace and who is at war with him?"
In our case, we're renaming the threat but the threat itself hasn't changed, and the terroists are laughing at us because they know that nothing has changed no matter what we say.
Meanwhile, instead of focusing on the real terrorists, our DHS is focusing on "radical right wing extremists" with Ron Paul bumperstickers and who want our borders enforced. And the White House itself is asking neighbors to spy on each other and report "misinformation." All this while GTMO detainees are released to tropical resorts to be forever "punished" for killing/plotting to kill Americans.
If the terrorists don't kill us, this Administration and the long-term policies it enacts undoubtedly will.
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Date: 2009-08-07 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
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