Saturday, July 30, 2005
Bush Admin RhetIraq: Sr. Admin Official
Note: I prefer to post quotes that are attributed to a specific person, but found this topic an interesting shift in rhetoric that may be worth noting.
Who: Bush Administration Senior Official
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Quotes: From Article entitled, "Don't mention war on terror, say Bush aides"
The "war on terror", the resonant catchphrase of the Bush administration for the past four years, is to be discreetly phased out in favour of more nuanced language, officials signalled yesterday.
Officials are instead starting to favour the rather less snappy phrase "struggle against violent extremism" as the administration puts increased stress on longer term initiatives - diplomatic, economic and educational - to defeat terrorism.
"The president is not going to abandon that ["war on terror"] language," the administration official said. "The armed conflict against terrorism is not being abandoned."
The new strategy is the fruit of an 18-month debate in the Pentagon after a famous October 2003 memo from Mr Rumsfeld in which he asked: "Are we winning the war on terror?"
Who: Bush Administration Senior Official
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Quotes: From Article entitled, "Don't mention war on terror, say Bush aides"
The "war on terror", the resonant catchphrase of the Bush administration for the past four years, is to be discreetly phased out in favour of more nuanced language, officials signalled yesterday.
Officials are instead starting to favour the rather less snappy phrase "struggle against violent extremism" as the administration puts increased stress on longer term initiatives - diplomatic, economic and educational - to defeat terrorism.
"The president is not going to abandon that ["war on terror"] language," the administration official said. "The armed conflict against terrorism is not being abandoned."
The new strategy is the fruit of an 18-month debate in the Pentagon after a famous October 2003 memo from Mr Rumsfeld in which he asked: "Are we winning the war on terror?"
