Bush War on Terror

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

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


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.

"Obama Effect" On Muslim World Falling As Terrorism Rises

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


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

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

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


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.

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

nytimes.com | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Newsweek.com | Posted 03.08.2009 | World


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...

Obama Abandoning 'War On Terror' Catchphrase

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics


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

Bush Administration Escalates War On Terror In Final Days

The New Republic | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home


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...