Posted on 08/31/2009 5:41:21 PM PDT by markomalley
The "war on terror" is back — at least, briefly.
After the Obama administration banned the phrase "war on terror," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs resurrected it Monday when speaking about a expected new report about troop levels in Afghanistan.
"You can't under-resource the most important part of our war on terror, you can't under-resource that for five or six or seven years … have that turn around in just a few months," he said.
Mr. Gibbs was saying that President George W. Bush's administration had not given adequate resources to the Afghan campaign, and noted that despite new attention to a conflict that Mr. Obama calls the "war we need to win," improvements would not be seen in Afghanistan because the mission was not as well funded. He pointedly thanked the troops for their work in the region.
Asked about Mr. Gibbs' choice of words, White House aides wouldn't say whether it was a slip of the tongue or intentional.
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Or is it Eurasia?
INGSOC is so confusing...
Did you forget that O Admin says it’s “an overseas contingency” and not “war on terror”.
It will get easier, as more extraneous words (which help form thoughts) like confusing are eliminated.
Maybe by the 4th Edition...
0bama Akbar
They need to see what Saul Alinsky says about how to win wars through community organizing. That is the way ahead.
I fear for any undertaking, against East Orange, East Anglia ,Easter Island, East St Louis. With a dem Exec and Congress, it will fail.
For the briefest time we thought we saw a hawk again.
oco, it seems I forgot operation at end.
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