A War By Any Other Name

The Bush administration is pushing the idea that the long-term struggle is as much an ideological battle as a military mission.

Substituting "a global struggle against violent extremism" rather than "the global war on terror," the struggle is being defined as violent extremism with terror the method they use.

Violent extremism and terror have rapidly become interchangeable terms. In light of citing an ideological battle, "violent extremism" seems a politically correct euphemism for Islamism. The first step to winning should be to correctly identify who you're fighting against.

I can understand the desire to encompass more than the military aspects involved, but a war by any other name is still a war.

Herald Tribune via Drudge.
LynZee