Posted on 05/20/2010 4:35:24 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
If you blinked, you might have missed it. The Obama administration has unofficially rebranded "war on terror" phrase that dominated public discourse throughout the Bush administration. The replacement phrase, carefully chosen, is "CVE" -- Countering Violent Extremism.
Early in the administration, the Office of Management and Budget changed the wording of the line item under which the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were funded. They called it "Overseas Contingency Operations." That phrase was never intended to be for public consumption (and public ridicule), but burrowed bureaucrats leaked it to the press, a field day was had.
Countering Violent Extremism is noticeable for two words that aren't there: some variant of "jihad," which is the preferred predicate for counter-terrorism-fighting conservatives, and "war," which is because the administration has put de-radicalization alongside the Predator drones as a primary instrument of combat. No mention of Islam, of course. That's because the administration wants to try and decouple the notion of combating terrorism from the Muslim faith itself. BTW: when I first heard the phrase, I assumed it stood for "combating violent extremism." But no -- the word combat denotes military action only -- Obama's approach combines hard and soft power.
The phrase first appears to have been used in public by the director of national intelligence, Adm. Dennis Blair (Ret.), and its utterance was picked up by Newsweek.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
It’s because they want to use it to cover ANY
opposition, portray them as violent and off to
the gulag they go.
It is the War on Terror.
Actually, there’s a better phrase: Holy War.
why do power-junkies always have to have an acronym for everything?
Why not just use its short form—surrender.
>”CVE” — Countering Violent Extremism.
Next to be replaced with CCVE:
Countering Christian Violent Extremism.
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>why do power-junkies always have to have an acronym for everything?
Here’s my theory on it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2513906/posts
(2nd Paragraph.)
They chose it "carefully" all right.
"Extremist" is Liberal Democrat code for "Conservative." Remember when all talk radio hosts were branded as "extremists" by the Clinton Mafia Gang and their fellatio amen corner in press.
Looks like Janet "Bull Dyke Skunk Hair" Napolitano wants to go after white-male-anit abortion-veteran-gun owning-Christians again.
I agree.
The word-games that are being played are getting creepy undertones, IMO.
...And God-help-you if you should try to apply logic to the rhetoric/policies.
Dummies. It’s CVME.
Yes, that DHS memo was disturbing.
{And people called me paranoid when I commented on how wide-brush it was...}
so they can confuse the issue more when used as a broader catch all.... as opposed to the original intent
I thought they had chosen "CEP" -- Countering Excessive Patriotism"...
...no, the facial hair makes the person in this pic more masculine than The One; but very close, yes.
the loser wimps in the White House think peace can be obtained by other means than war.
Peace is the result of winning a war.
jihad bump
The new term for the War on Tarror is the 9/11 Crusade.
*ping*
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