Originally Posted by
BVRAAM
Beardy,
I'm sure you can appreciate that I'd rather not play the semantics game. The 'War on Terror' was coined by President George W. Bush in 2001, reaffirmed by Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders across the world.
I think it is universally understood what it is meant by 'War on Terror.'
B.
Unfortunately they used the phrase to mean what they wanted at the time. The objectives have elided into a campaign against some (but not all) awkward islamic fundamentalists. It's not even against their beliefs.