Comments on: Words that Describe and Designate http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: The Ridger http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282&cpage=1#comment-129876 The Ridger Sun, 24 May 2009 12:23:40 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282#comment-129876 Security Theater in the US hasn't much to do with GWOT. Nor has Iraq in general, at least at the beginning. Plus you canNOT fight a war against a tactic. It's a stupid name which is now freighted with a number of meanings we would do well to distance ourselves from. At least, if we intend to distance ourselves from the evil we've committed in its name. If not, we might as well keep it. Security Theater in the US hasn’t much to do with GWOT. Nor has Iraq in general, at least at the beginning. Plus you canNOT fight a war against a tactic.

It’s a stupid name which is now freighted with a number of meanings we would do well to distance ourselves from. At least, if we intend to distance ourselves from the evil we’ve committed in its name. If not, we might as well keep it.

]]> By: Stargzer http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282&cpage=1#comment-129821 Stargzer Fri, 22 May 2009 20:22:19 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282#comment-129821 While Iraq and Afghanistan occupy the news, the Global War on Terrorism is fought in other countries and by other countries. The US is not the only target for a terrorist, just the highest value target -- just as our friends in London or Spain. Now that some of the Taliban have been pushed from Afghanistan, Pakistan is learning about home-grown terrorism the hard way, and even home-grown terrorists can obtain support from abroad. Add in the pirates off the Horn of Africa andthe nightclub bombings in Southeast Asia and it truly IS a Global War On Terrorism. While Iraq and Afghanistan occupy the news, the Global War on Terrorism is fought in other countries and by other countries. The US is not the only target for a terrorist, just the highest value target — just as our friends in London or Spain. Now that some of the Taliban have been pushed from Afghanistan, Pakistan is learning about home-grown terrorism the hard way, and even home-grown terrorists can obtain support from abroad. Add in the pirates off the Horn of Africa andthe nightclub bombings in Southeast Asia and it truly IS a Global War On Terrorism.

]]> By: Nancy Dickerson http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282&cpage=1#comment-129798 Nancy Dickerson Fri, 22 May 2009 03:20:31 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=282#comment-129798 One of the biggest problems with the idea of "overseas contingency" is that we live HERE and we work here--we aren't just going to war overseas. After all, the war was brought to us. Just take a plane somewhere and see if you aren't reminded of 9-11 right here. Global Terrorism means everywhere on this old planet. Whether it is in Dagestan or Zimbabwe, the lack of governmental control over rebellious militants from other nations is quite evident. Honestly, don't global and terrorism pretty well describe the situation? One of the biggest problems with the idea of “overseas contingency” is that we live HERE and we work here–we aren’t just going to war overseas. After all, the war was brought to us. Just take a plane somewhere and see if you aren’t reminded of 9-11 right here. Global Terrorism means everywhere on this old planet. Whether it is in Dagestan or Zimbabwe, the lack of governmental control over rebellious militants from other nations is quite evident. Honestly, don’t global and terrorism pretty well describe the situation?

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