War on terror

[Rick-Parker]

According to reports in sources such as the Financial Times and others, Charles Allen, the senior intelligence official at the Department of Homeland Security, urged that the West needs to stop using the term "war on terror" because, he says, "it creates animus in Islamic countries." PC Outrage of the Month

[kat8585]

Thanks. I signed up for the email newsletter.

[mizzdy]

Thanks for the site. We are politically correcting ourselves to death, imo, everyone afraid to say anything as it might offend one another. Whatever happened to common sense? Sad times we live in.

[Ovedya]

He's right.

What if Americans took terrorism as seriously as we do Global Warming?

[O'Dannyboy]

The term "War on terror" IS the PC version of War on radical Islam. There is no kinder way to say it. Perhaps Anti-jihadist movement? Islam is at the very heart of terrorism regardless of how it affects the rest of them. If they don't want the label then they need to take up the battle themselves rather than blame others for generalizing or profiling. If they also find that they have a problem with violence in the name of Allah then let them take action instead of whining about it. It's no different than parents blaming the baby sitter because their children are spoiled and undisciplined.

[Rick-Parker]

The term "War on terror" IS the PC version of War on radical Islam. There is no kinder way to say it. Perhaps Anti-jihadist movement? Islam is at the very heart of terrorism regardless of how it affects the rest of them. If they don't want the label then they need to take up the battle themselves rather than blame others for generalizing or profiling. If they also find that they have a problem with violence in the name of Allah then let them take action instead of whining about it. It's no different than parents blaming the baby sitter because their children are spoiled and undisciplined.

Amen.

edit: I thought you were going the other way with your comments at first look. Oops.

[Smalcald]

The term "War on terror" IS the PC version of War on radical Islam. There is no kinder way to say it. Perhaps Anti-jihadist movement? Islam is at the very heart of terrorism regardless of how it affects the rest of them. If they don't want the label then they need to take up the battle themselves rather than blame others for generalizing or profiling. If they also find that they have a problem with violence in the name of Allah then let them take action instead of whining about it. It's no different than parents blaming the baby sitter because their children are spoiled and undisciplined.

Totally agree.

I have never liked the term "war on terror" it was frankly a stupid meaningless term. What is terror how do you fight a war against a word? It is like the war against violence or the war against murder, how about the war against badness? You fight a war against a group of people or a country.

The fact is we are fighting against organized international radical Islamic militants who often but now always use what is referred to as terrorism. We are not fighting against all groups who use terrorism. We are not fighting against the IRA or the Basque separatists or the hundreds if not thousands of random groups who use terror fighting for many different things around the globe. I don

[Rick-Parker]

The term "War on terror" IS the PC version of War on radical Islam. There is no kinder way to say it. Perhaps Anti-jihadist movement? Islam is at the very heart of terrorism regardless of how it affects the rest of them. If they don't want the label then they need to take up the battle themselves rather than blame others for generalizing or profiling. If they also find that they have a problem with violence in the name of Allah then let them take action instead of whining about it. It's no different than parents blaming the baby sitter because their children are spoiled and undisciplined.

Totally agree.

I have never liked the term "war on terror" it was frankly a stupid meaningless term. What is terror how do you fight a war against a word? It is like the war against violence or the war against murder, how about the war against badness? You fight a war against a group of people or a country.

The fact is we are fighting against organized international radical Islamic militants who often but now always use what is referred to as terrorism. We are not fighting against all groups who use terrorism. We are not fighting against the IRA or the Basque separatists or the hundreds if not thousands of random groups who use terror fighting for many different things around the globe. I don't even think we are fighting against Islamic radicals who are not international in scope. For example China has a terrorist group of Islamic radicals they are worried about, are we fighting this war against them? I don't think so.

Being a cynic and basically mistrustful of most governments I think the "war on terror" term was intentionally vague and not measurable, which means the war is never ending and the government simply grows and grows in size and power because we are fighting an enemy that is indefinable and unbeatable. Once the pork starts to flow it is almost impossible to turn of the spigot regardless of which Party is in control of the White House.

Unbeatable? Well, let's all go down to the local mosque to worship, send our kids to madrassahs and make our women wear burkas.

[David of Derby]

We can't defeat their idealogy with weapons and troops. We can only beat it with our own. We have to show that we, as westerners, regardless of being Christian, aren't afraid of them and that we don't hate Islam - only those who use terror and violence to achieve their ends. As Christians, we have to show Islam that we're not a threat, we're not here to wipe them off the planet, and that we love them as we love ourselves. Just like our Lord commanded us to do.

[Guest yod]

We can't defeat their idealogy with weapons and troops. We can only beat it with our own. We have to show that we, as westerners, regardless of being Christian, aren't afraid of them and that we don't hate Islam - only those who use terror and violence to achieve their ends. As Christians, we have to show Islam that we're not a threat, we're not here to wipe them off the planet, and that we love them as we love ourselves. Just like our Lord commanded us to do.

how's that working out for ya over in jolly ole England?