"I read the news today oh, boy"
(1) It seems that the "war" aspect of the war on terror is not doing well (Afghanistan, Iraq). However, it seems as if the "criminal investigations," in the war on terror are successful (today's capture, other arrests).
There needs to be more elaboration on this point, however, the language in "the war on terror" needs to be reexamined. While "police action" and "police investigations" are not as powerful as, in President Bush's words, "this nation is at war with Islamic fascists."
(2) the weapon of choice: MP3 Players or "mubtakkar".
I will elaborate on these points in the next few days. This is just the beginning.
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Great job on the Tara Browne link, solon. It has inspired me to get _Sgt Peppers_ up and running.
And I'm glad that you're going to elaborate, and I'm even gladder that this is just the beginning.
You write: "the language in "the war on terror" needs to be reexamined."
That would seem to be a no-brainer, but this has been needed from the beginning and still, nothing but a few academes calling it out. Hardly a linguistic revolution. Still, the truth remains that the Bushies' goal is not to be accurate--hell, their goal isn't even to win, at least not in any way that we would understand "winning" to mean.
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