On 15 Jan 2015, at 19:04, meekerdb wrote:
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.
But 'extremism' is not a so lucky term either. If you cut the
extremes, you get ... new extremes.
Wars like "war on drugs", or "war on terror", or "war on extremism"
are "infinite wars", quasi by definition.
Such type of war benefits to the enemies.
Since Obama signed (and countersigned!) the NDAA 2012 bill, without
accepting the addition of simple clarifications, I don't know what to
think.
He could have said aswell: the terrorists have won.
The NDAA 2012 bill seems to nullify the US constitution.
Bruno
Brent
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