U.S. Considers Redefining 'War'

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i didn't see anything about this yet here, so i'm puttin it up. if it's a dupe, by all means, lock it.

WASHINGTON - President Bush and White House officials still use the phrase "war on terrorism" to describe the global fight against al-Qaida and other militant extremists. But with the failure to capture Osama bin Laden and a recent surge in terrorist bombings, there is growing sentiment at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the administration to retire "war" and use broader terms.

The internal debate broke into the open last week when Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the National Press Club that he had "objected to the use of the term 'war on terrorism' before."

"Because, if you call it a war, then you think of people in uniform as being the solution. And it's more than terrorism," Myers said. He said "violent extremists" were "the real enemy here and terror is the method they use."

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_war_080105,00.html
if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, isn't it by definition, a duck?