http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5227711 Hold on, y'all! This link will take you to an article I heard on NPR Wednesday morning, which discussed the Bush admin's name change. In all seriousness, the geniuses that gave us "war on terror" are talking about changing that name to "The Long War." Listen all about it... Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "JUDITH EVANS" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Who are you supporting in this war? > The GWOT is a "war" On Terror, a "war" Against Terrorism and Terror/ists. > Not only against "Islamists" and indeed, I take it, not against all > "Islamists". > > NB. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:43 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Who are you supporting in this war? > > >> Traditional Warfare, i.e., the way earlier wars were fought, does not >> control modern warfare. War changes as weapons change. The Islamists >> are >> making good use of the modern weapons as well as terrorist tactics, >> available to them. We have to adjust to their new tactics and we are. >> Conventional understanding doesn't govern what a war consists of. Those > who >> fight it do. The Islamists certainly think they are fighting a war. >> >> lawrence >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html