war on terror

The War On Terror(ism) is a term used most frequently during the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, referring to political, military, and legal conflict against terrorist organizations in the wake of 9/11.

The resulting ideology is commonly held to have been a major contributor to such actions as the Iraq War and the internment of political prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, as well as the creation of the Patriot Act and other controversial legal and political movements.

A hotly debated topic in the blogosphere, the War On Terror continued to be a common phrase even after its official discontinuation by the Obama administration (in favor of the slightly-more-doublespeak "Overseas Contingency Operation"). Bloggers disagree greatly on definitions of terrorism and what actions should be taken against terrorists and terror organizations, and in the pundit-heavy blogosphere, little middle ground can be reached. The War On Terror may officially be over, but there can be no doubt that the ideas it signifies still occupy the minds of many, and that this issue has yet to be resolved in the public consciousness.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “war on terror”

• New Afghanistan Camouflage Design Unveiled

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 565
  New camouflage to help British troops blend into Afghanistans varied terrain has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence following computer modelling of the Afghanistan environment. It is the first time since 1968 that the British Armed Forces have changed the camouflage pattern. The Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) ...
  4 hours ago

• "From a Recon Marine in Afghanistan"

  
  OldController — Authority: 134
  Found at Mostly Cajun , in an e-mail from a friend of his. In part: From the Sand Pit: Its freezing here. Im sitting on hard, cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains , along the Dar yoi Pomir River, watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave. Stake out, my ...
  6 hours ago

• Barack Obama’s Top Ten Foreign Policy Follies

  
  News World — Authority: 138
  This has hardly been a stellar year for the projection of American global power. Weakness, rather than strength, has been the hallmark of US foreign policy under Barack Obama, from the Iranian nuclear crisis to dithering over the war in Afghanistan. Instead of strong American leadership, the White House has all too ...
  6 hours ago

• Walter Reed performs rare transplant of pancreas cells

  
  Brian Bonner — Authority: 117
  From The Washington Post;You have got to read this article. This is just too cool. God, bless him and his loved ones for going through all this.A 21-year-old airman who was shot in the abdomen at a remote outpost in Afghanistan last month underwent a rare procedure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in which [...]
  8 hours ago

• Up to 56,000 more contractors likely for Afghanistan, congressional agency says

  
  Brian Bonner — Authority: 117
  I know that libs and conservatives alike have a problem with the surge. But, since WWII we have waged war with the intent of “nation building”. Contractors build things, so there you go.From The Washington Post:The surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan could be accompanied by a surge of up to 56,000 ...
  10 hours ago

• Life on a COP in Afghanistan

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 130
  Video: Armed Forces Networks USMC Gunnery Sergeant James Stare takes a look at daily life on a combat outpost for U.S. Marines and Sailors. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  10 hours ago

• Video from Afghanistan

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 130
  Video: the Taliban fire at ISAF and Afghan forces through small holes known as murder holes, which make it hard for the soldiers to locate the enemy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  10 hours ago

• Ever notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter?

  
  Politics or Poppycock — Authority: 135
  I received this today in my email box. This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how it also applies to the U.S., U.K. and Australia.   It is a powerful bit of prose which reflects the opinion of many, many people. I want to share it with you–what’s your opinion/feeling? Pass it on [...]
  10 hours ago

• How Many Americans Are There in Islamabad?

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 150
  The renowned columnist of Express, Javed Chaudhry has claimed that America was ready to storm and occupy the Pakistan’s nuclear assets on the night between 15th and 16th March, 2009. It was the night, when the whole nation was wide awake, because the long march for the restoration of chief justice Pakistan Iftikhar ...
  12 hours ago

• Our Dirty War

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 479
  British army ‘waterboarded’ suspects in 70s . This is why, when sometimes someone holds up Northern Ireland as an example of fighting terrorism not in the war-on-terror way , I cringe, the state murders, the torture, the framings, the hunger strikes, the racism. It’s really not a lesson in best practice, ...
  12 hours ago

• Harrys Place: Muslim Brotherhood Turns Away From Democratic Engagement

  
  Solomonia — Authority: 564
  Harrys Place: Muslim Brotherhood Turns Away From Democratic Engagement...
  14 hours ago

• Afghanistan Top Ten

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 479
  Afghanistan: Ten reasons to resist By Courage to Resist. Like Iraq, it is also illegal No military solution to terrorism Funds used for war are needed at home Civilian casualties are not acceptable War is not good for women in Afghanistan Support the troops: Bring them home now Torture and ...
  14 hours ago

• Legitimising Afghan Run-Off Elections

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 150
  Consequent to August 20 Afghan elections made controversial by the powers to be, Afghans will be asked to re-cast their votes in a $200m runoff being arranged on 7 November. Though the Afghan Independent Election Commission had declared Mr. Karzai the winner in the last elections having bagged 54 percent of the votes ...
  15 hours ago

• Camouflage FAIL

  
  Confederate Yankee — Authority: 668
  The British are breaking out a new camouflage pattern for the first time in 40 years, as their standard issue DPM (Disrupted Pattern Material) isnt faring well in the varied terrain of Afghanistan, where soldiers have to shift from sun-washed...
  17 hours ago

• Obama is earning his peace prize

  
  Phuck Politics - Titty fucking Nancy Pelosi one post at a time. — Authority: 420
  If only George Bush was this peaceful : Just one day after a very public denial that American forces were in the process of attacking sites in Northern Yemen, President Barack Obama ordered multiple cruise missile attacks on sites across the tiny, coastal nation. The air strikes were coordinated with the government ...
  17 hours ago

• Ill. early release inmates not exactly low-level offenders

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 580
  When the Associated Press learned that Governor Pat Quinns cost-cutting prison cost-cutting measure to release low-level offenders early from prison included a generous definition of that classification of criminal, he denied knowing about it and then got caught in a lie. Until it the initiative was suspended ...
  19 hours ago

• Gitmo North public hearing this afternoon

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 580
  Governor Pat Quinn scheduled just one public hearing regarding the transfer of Guantanamo Bay terrorists to Thomson, Illinois, which will take place this afternoon at a high school gym in Sterling. I know a couple of people who will attend the meeting, including one blogger. At least one tea party group will be ...
  20 hours ago

• Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 646
  The CIA used at least two secret detention centers in Lithuania after the September 11th terrorist attacks, a Lithuanian inquiry has found. The report by a Lithuanian parliamentary committee says that in 2005 and 2006 CIA chartered planes were allowed to land in Lithuania. It says that no Lithuanian officials were ...
  20 hours ago

• New U.S. Spy Plane to Be in Afghanistan by Christmas

  
  The War On Terror And Terrorism — Authority: 112
  Updated December 21, 2009 U.S. troops in Afghanistan are getting a new tool in their fight against terrorism in the form of a spy plane that will provide ground troops with still images, video and eavesdropping, Bloomberg reported. The first of the 24 new Hawker Beechcraft four-man twin-propeller plane is ...
  22 hours ago

• Obama Commits More War Crimes

  
  Skeptical Eye — Authority: 481
  Shocking , I know. But I certainly hope our readers werent expecting any better from the vile institution known as the presidency. If so, SE and I havent been doing our job.
  1 day ago

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