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  • Under Obama, `war on terror' catchphrase fading

    01/31/2009 12:00:47 PM PST · by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! · 73 replies · 1,446+ views
    Yahoo News/AP ^ | Jan. 31, 2009 | LOLITA C. BALDOR
    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...