Althought some dictionaries include terror as a person who inspires fear , we generally think of it as the state of fear.My question is who decided to call for a war on terror. "The Decider"? Was it the media looking for a shorter headline, or a catcher one? Or something more intentional or devious?How can we fight a war an terror ? How can we win?What are we fightiing,?Does anyone remember when the phrase became common and why does all the media seem to use it?
2006-10-09 00:47:03 · 7 answers · asked by oldtreeplanter 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I think it was Bush's brainiac idea. War on terror has become a repuglican catch phrase like cut and run. They do not mean anything as they really have no basis in fact. Just a way to keep the scared folks in line and assure they get votes.
2006-10-09 00:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a slogan. After all, who could be for terror?
It sounds like one of Karl Rove's ploys. He is good at getting people all worked up and excited about something that means nothing, as a distraction, while some very dirty work goes on under cover.
Iago was a saint compared to Rove.
2006-10-09 07:52:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It became common just after 9/11 and I believe it was CNN. They needed a short catchy phrase that made people think that this battle was something that could actually be won. Unfortunately I don't think that's the case.
2006-10-09 07:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
President Bush correctly renamed it in a speech recently as a war against Islamic Fascists.
2006-10-09 07:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The media and politicians are always looking for snappy straplines, because they know that most of the people out here are too stupid to understand anything more complicated.
2006-10-09 07:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
first of all ben laden is american made he got his training from cia for porpuse of fighting russians in afganistan
after that he made his terrorist attack in 911 but no one accept it even muslims we deny what ben laden did he will go to hell
who got useful from this attack ( one person and one country )
u will ask me who ?
bush and israel
any attack israel do for people who fight for getting thier occupied land back they call it fight against terrorist
jews succeded in add new definition to word terrorist to american dectionary by adding word muslims terrorism
its not war against islam but islam used a reason for another objective which is occuping the source of oil in this area which represent the main source of any economy in the world
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second to destroy any new power appears in the area
war against hezbollah was prepared form america and israel
america thought this war against hezbollah will serve them cut one hand of iran but they failed in that
who will win ?
peace offcourse there is nothing soluated by war
u r fighting nothing ? where is terroirsts now , where is osama ben laden
bush tells americans scary stories each day before they sleep in a program called bush show
its appeared in the time of bush why hate between muslims and christians didnt appear else in time of bush ?
2006-10-09 08:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by micho 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bush, and all i have to say is bush is gay
2006-10-09 07:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋