Phrase ‘war on terror’ fading away

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Phrase ‘war on terror’ fading away
By Lolita C. Baldor - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 31, 2009 11:56:46 EST

WASHINGTON — The “War on Terror” is losing the war of words.

The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations.

Since taking office less than two weeks ago, President Barack Obama has talked broadly of the “enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism.” Another time it was an “ongoing struggle.”

He has pledged to “go after” extremists and “win this fight.” There even was an oblique reference to a “twilight struggle” as the U.S. relentlessly pursues those who threaten the country.

But only once since his Jan. 20 inauguration has Obama publicly strung those three words together into the explosive phrase that coalesced the country during its most terrifying time and eventually came to define the Bush administration.


Rest of article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_waronterror_phrase_013109/%2e

[Xipe Totec]

1. Only the "T" is fading

The war on error has just begun.