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The fatal flaw of the “War on Terror,” from its beginning in the wake of the 9/11 jihad terror attacks to its ignominious end with the fall of Kabul in Aug. 2021, was that “Terror” is not really an enemy; it’s a tactic. A “War on Terror” was akin to a “War on Bombs” or a “War on Ballistic Missiles.” Various countries have employed terror as a weapon of war throughout the ages; it is not an element of one particular belief system or ideology.
That is, in fact, why the George W. Bush administration dubbed its response to the 9/11 attacks a “war on terror.” The hijackers weren’t acting directly on behalf of any particular government or governments, so the U.S. couldn’t go to war with specific countries. Anxious not to antagonize Muslim countries that the U.S. counted as allies, Bush declared that Islam was a religion of peace, and set the nation on the path it is still on today, of resolutely ignoring the motivating ideology that powers the global jihad. After that, he couldn’t very well say we were fighting “jihad” or even “Islamic terrorism.”
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Which is the world’s least imposing navy?
Luchtpint says
Belgium’s
lol
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Lutchpint, actually Canada’s. Although they’d do well w/ icebreakers
Luchtpint says
I think it should be Belgium’s, rather. (a missed opportunity, I’d say)
Because they stoke their boiler rooms with stale waffles for fuel.
The Belgian navy is quite ancient, in a sense. It dates from 1830, or thereabouts.
lol
OLD GUY says
The Bush family was also in business with Saudi Arabia’s royal families oil venture. As the saying goes you don’t want to bite the hand that is feeding you.