Barack Obama Destroys America’s Enemies … ‘War On Terror’ is OVER!

I guess the appeasement continues. I mean, what is the point in calling a war against terrorists a ‘war on terror’? The fact that terrorists staged another live demonstration of their new modus operandi (which is actually waging low intensity warfare in urban areas) by sacking a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan means nothing to Comrade Obama, the international affairs genius… Bloomberg

Pakistani soldiers battled the gunmen, armed with automatic weapons and grenades, at the police building in Manawan for more than seven hours, a military spokesman, who asked not to be identified, said in a phone interview from Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad, yesterday.

Witnesses told Pakistani television stations that the tactics in the raid on the center, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lahore, were similar to those in the March 3 attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka’s cricket team in the city.

Six policemen and a driver were killed and six cricketers were injured in that assault.

“This is not an ordinary security situation,” Malik said earlier yesterday. “This is an attack on Pakistan.” Police recovered “sophisticated weapons” and a suicide bombing explosives jacket, he said.

The attack near Lahore came three days after a suicide bombing at a mosque in the northern Khyber tribal area killed at least 70 people.

For the story on our new terminology here’s Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton: Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday the Obama administration had dropped “war on terror” from its lexicon, rhetoric former President George W. Bush used to justify many of his actions.

“The (Obama) administration has stopped using the phrase and I think that speaks for itself. Obviously,” Clinton told reporters traveling with her to The Hague for a conference on Afghanistan, which Bush called part of his “global war on terror.”

The term “war on terror” was coined after the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, which were planned in Afghanistan by the militant group al Qaeda.

The phrase was strongly criticized by human rights groups who said it was used to justify many actions, such as the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison for detainees held without trial at the U.S. Naval base in Cuba.

Internationally, the phrase was seen by critics as a “with-us-or-against-us” philosophy, overly dependent on military force and what many Muslims decried as an attack on Islam.

Since taking office on January 20, Obama has moved swiftly to reverse some of Bush’s practices, ordering the closure of Guantanamo within a year and an end to harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects.

“I have not heard it used. I have not gotten any directive about using it or not using it. It is just not being used,” said Clinton when asked whether the term had been officially dropped by the Obama administration.

Clinton has said one of her main roles as top U.S. diplomat is to improve the U.S. image abroad, particularly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

She has embarked on aggressive public diplomacy during her visits to Europe, the Middle East and Asia, seeking to reach out to ordinary people.

Obviously the wisdom of this quote is lost on Obama:

A good strategy for political conflicts is to understand your opponent first – not to underestimate him, but not to overestimate him either.”

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