Pancho Pistolas's Journal: Buzzwords and Misnomers...

I was reading in a recent article how the GOP talking heads are making much ado about "fascism" as a new buzzword-- all the kewl neo-cons are saying it (much to my ironic shagrin).

Anyway, one rather interesting view in this article pointed out that the phrase "war on terror" is a misnomer, as terrorism is a tool and not an ideology. This individual then went on to say it should instead be "war on radical Islam". I strongly disagree, because most people are just going to hear "Islam", etc. However, his first point is an apt one that got me thinking.

So I'm tossing it out there-- is there a more accurate term than the frequently-bandied "war on terrorism"?

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[SolemnDragon]

war on terror is a deliberately open-ended term. Anything else implies that when, say, radical islam, is stopped, there will be no more war on it.

And that's not the case here.

It's part of the presidential slang. Not just party slang. War on drugs, war on terror. How about war on illiteracy? War on war? I could stand to see some wars that we could win for a change. /soapbox.

*sigh*

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[Iamthefallen]

I could stand to see some wars that we could win for a change

Unfortunately War on Puppies and Bunnies received horrible support in the polls, people just didn't want to get behind it.

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[Philip K Dickhead]

There's "War on Terra" or "War on 'Merica"...

Both are accurate.

How about...

[arb]

"War on terrorists"? Or "War on fucktards who think blowing shit up is the way to achieve their goals"? Or "War on fucktards who use religion as an excuse to kill other people"? Or maybe "War on fucktards who use religion as an excuse for their on fucktardedness"? Or just plain "War on fucktards".