Brent says true, in that terrorism is a method, not an end in itself. I wonder
if people would agree to the terms, as a war against Islamist extremists, or
radical Jihadis or? I think naming the enemies of freedom and peace in the
middle east in nigeria with boko haram, and today in belgium (Hi Bruno) would
be more acceptable, in that its limited targets, for a limited duration. Also,
the mean of 'war' need not be violent, because you can't beat an idea with war
alone.
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From: meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net>
To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 15, 2015 1:04 pm
Subject: Re: Democracy
On 1/14/2015 11:52 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote:
In case no one has noticed, our dear president Obama has changed
the rhetoric used as cover for our Orwellian systems state of
permanent war…. The term “War on Terror” is bad enough, it implies an
endless war requiring an Orwellian intrusive state. But at least it
seemed circumscribed to opponents it could describe as being involved
in terror.
Obama is now calling it the “War on extremism”. That term sends
Orwellian shivers down my spine; it is so broad and arbitrary in
nature and can be used to describe any and all opponents.
Sigh, everybody's so paranoid about government. Obama started using
"extremism" because the chattering classes kept pointing out that terrorism
is just a tactic and you can't make war on a tactic.
Brent
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