Bush War on Terror

Why We've Lost the War on Terror

Jess Coleman | Posted 04.09.2012

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Jess Coleman

What Americans and world citizens have gone through in the past decade has been excruciating. But when did it become acceptable or rational for government to use grief as an excuse to trample on our rights?

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Debt?

Bob Burnett | Posted 06.15.2011

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Bob Burnett

Republicans are using the debt as an excuse to demolish the US social compact and give free rein to wealthy individuals and corporations. But let's be clear: the US is not broke.

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Ten Unsolved Mysteries In The 'War On Terror'

newyorker.com | Jane Mayer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first year of the Obama Administration is almost over, yet many mysteries surrounding the so-called "dark side" of the "war on terror" remain unso...

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Keep Your Shoes On: A Modest Proposal for Rational Airport Security

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jay Michaelson

The rest of the world is laughing at us. Literally, in some cases -- when I reflexively took my shoes off at a security line in Berlin, the guard chuckled. Stupid American.

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"Obama Effect" On Muslim World Falling As Terrorism Rises

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new report from the American Security Project, "Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the War on Terror: An Interim Update", outlines troubling glob...

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Clinton: No 'War On Terror' Term For New Team

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The phrase "global war on terror" is finished, at least as far as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is con...

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From Bush's War to Obama's War to My War

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stewart Nusbaumer

The Obama administration's strategic review promises to refocus the mission of our troops. It will be "bye" to American cowboys blasting away, and hello to counterinsurgency's softer power.

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Obama's War On Terror May Resemble Bush's In Some Areas

nytimes.com | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Even as it pulls back from harsh interrogations and other sharply debated aspects of George W. Bush's "war on terrorism," the Obama admi...

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Obama May Abandon Bush's "War On Terror" Phrase

Newsweek.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In another effort to undo the legacy of George W. Bush's presidency, the Obama administration is searching for alternatives to the term "war on terror...

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Obama Abandoning 'War On Terror' Catchphrase

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. ...

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Bush Administration Escalates War On Terror In Final Days

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, U.S. helicopters accompanied by a special forces team struck in Sukkariyeh, Syria, just over the border from Iraq. It was a raid with enorm...

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