It's a struggle now

Don’t forget girls and boys, the war on terror is now a struggle against extremism. It appears that the president and his advisers realized that people don’t like wars, especially ones that are never-ending and indeterminate in scope. Better to call something like that what it is, a long-term, complicated, gray area-riddled, mess with little chance of complete success — in other words, a struggle.

I support the war, er… struggle, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that the sloganism of this administration seems disingenuous. It’s not so much about what we are doing, but what we say we are doing, and that is bothersome.

Via the International Herald Tribune.