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Offline crockspot

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White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« on: August 06, 2009, 12:46:27 PM »
White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
'Jihadists' and 'global war' no longer acceptable terms

It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war."

President Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism official took all three terms off the table of acceptable words inside the White House during a speech Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.

"The President does not describe this as a 'war on terrorism,'" said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a "new way of seeing" the fight against terrorism.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/white-house-war-terrorism-over/

No winner declared, no word on when our troops are coming home.  ::)
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2009, 12:48:49 PM »
Quote from: crockspot on August 06, 2009, 12:46:27 PM
White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
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No winner declared, no word on when our troops are coming home.  ::)

Oh, I think we can tell from the story who really won....
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2009, 12:53:46 PM »
Huh...  I haven't seen anything in the DOD saying so.  Maybe there will be a new email when I get to work today.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2009, 01:20:02 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 06, 2009, 12:48:49 PM
Oh, I think we can tell from the story who really won....

We knew when a Muslim 0bama was elected, who would win.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2009, 02:42:48 PM »
I suppose "brother" is now the term that they will use. :censored:
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2009, 02:50:07 PM »
So Mission Accomplished by Lord Zero eh?

Meanwhile in a terrorist training camp, they are jumping up and down with joy.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2009, 03:57:05 PM »
Leave it to Liberals to not see the world for what it really is and call things what they really are.

So if "global war on terror" is now banned...what will I call the two medals I wear?
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2009, 04:25:54 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on August 06, 2009, 03:57:05 PM
Leave it to Liberals to not see the world for what it really is and call things what they really are.

So if "global war on terror" is now banned...what will I call the two medals I wear?

Everybody who matters will know what they are.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2009, 04:28:12 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on August 06, 2009, 04:25:54 PM
Everybody who matters will know what they are.

Good point.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2009, 09:26:47 PM »
Thank you for your service TxRadioguy especially now in the Zero's time in office
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 10:44:07 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on August 06, 2009, 03:57:05 PM
Leave it to Liberals to not see the world for what it really is and call things what they really are.

So if "global war on terror" is now banned...what will I call the two medals I wear?

Well, I got no memo telling me that all the missions that I prepped today where not for the GWOT, so that's what I'm still calling it.  And I'll be damned if I start calling the two medals I wear the "Global War on Al Qaeda" medals.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2009, 11:00:16 PM »
He's still fighting a war on terror, except now the enemy is over half this country.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2009, 11:44:19 AM »
Quote from: me on August 06, 2009, 11:00:16 PM
He's still fighting a war on terror, except now the enemy is over half this country.

Case in point:
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The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2009, 09:29:23 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on August 06, 2009, 10:44:07 PM
Well, I got no memo telling me that all the missions that I prepped today where not for the GWOT, so that's what I'm still calling it.  And I'll be damned if I start calling the two medals I wear the "Global War on Al Qaeda" medals.

How about The Man Created Disaster Medal?
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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2009, 09:48:05 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on August 07, 2009, 09:29:23 PM
How about The Man Created Disaster Medal?
I wonder what that would look like...

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Re: White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2009, 10:02:22 PM »
Quote from: Chris on August 07, 2009, 09:48:05 PM
I wonder what that would look like...



That's the "Jug-Eared Kenyan Disaster Medal", sir.  Close but no stogie.
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