Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:30:40 AM
"...the move to create designations for our enemies and their inhumane actions that are less precise, and considerably more innocuous in their connotations than their antecedents is no accident, and goes far beyond simply wanting to demonstrate "change" from the policies of George W. Bush. As someone once remarked, words have meaning, and names have power."
A Kinder, Gentler War on Terror?
By David Gayvert
Debate over the term, "Global War on Terrorism" (GWOT) has been going on in defense circles ever since the Bush Administration coined it in the wake of 9/11. Heretofore, disagreement has focused largely on whether the GWOT moniker and the sometimes synonymously used "Long War" accurately describe the proper focus of the conflict.
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