When Will The RNC, Cheney, And Boehner Smear Great Britain?
When Will The RNC, Cheney, And Boehner Smear Great Britain?
Two weeks ago, the Military Times reported that the House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) had decided to stop using the phrase “global war on terror” in committee budget documents.
The decision should not have been controversial: President Bush, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers have all stated that the “global war on terror” is misnamed.
But conservatives saw a chance to smear their political opponents and couldn’t resist. Vice President Cheney said that Skelton exhibited “flawed thinking” and was “dead wrong on this.” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) decried the “absurd effort to deny the fact that America is battling terrorism on a global scale.” The Republican National Committee claimed that Skelton was “taking policy advice from Rosie O’Donnell.”
Yesterday, the British Government announced that it would no longer use the phrase “war on terror”
The British government has decided it will no longer use the phrase “War on Terror” because it gives militant groups a shared identity.
International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said the phrase strengthens militant groups by making them feel part of something “bigger,” Sky News reported Monday.
“In the U.K., we do not use the phrase ‘War on Terror’ because we can’t win by military means alone, and because this isn’t us against one organized enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives,” he said.
So when will Cheney, Boehner, and the RNC turn their attacks on the British? Despite multiple calls, we’ve received no response from Boehner’s office or the RNC. Maybe our readers will have better luck. Here’s their contact info:
Capitol switchboard: (800) 828-0498
Direct line: (202) 225-6205
Republican National Committee
Direct line: (202) 863-8500
Let us know what you hear in the comments section.
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April 17th, 2007 at 10:28 amWhy do the British hate our freedom?
April 17th, 2007 at 10:29 amThis is a American thing. Lets keep it in the family.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:32 amCheney has another problem too;
How does he blame the Va. Tech. shootings on Al Quida,Iran or Saddam.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:33 amVK:Didn’t you see that episode of South Park, those “lousy Redcoats” are still trying to end the American Revolution!
April 17th, 2007 at 10:35 amanother capitol switchboard number:
866.220.0044
April 17th, 2007 at 10:35 am“The poodle bites,
April 17th, 2007 at 10:38 amthe poodle chews it…”
(Frank Zappa)
Glad the British have finally figured this one out. I guess better late than never.
I remember a time, not too long ago, when the US was admired because we were usually the first ones to replace outdated and wrongheaded ways of thinking in favor of progressive leadership towards building a more positive future.
Those were the days…
April 17th, 2007 at 10:40 amBritish forces are expected to shrink from 7,000 to just a few hundred troops in southern Iraq within two years, senior military sources said yesterday.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:45 amGiven the British Navy recent capitulation to the mullahs this is probably a good thing.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:51 amYeah, Patrick-dumber-than-a-brick, it must be a good thing to lose our last major ally. Now we can truly go it alone. War forever! Peace never! Glory to our Emperor Bush!
See comment #1 loser.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:53 amThose were the days…
Comment by lw
I can picture Darth and Lynn singing now…
Boy the way Glenn Miller played
April 17th, 2007 at 10:55 amSongs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us we had it made
Those were the days
I can hear it now:
April 17th, 2007 at 10:56 am
In about 643 days (or sooner), phrases like war on terror, clear skies, clean water, operation Iraqi freedom, WMD’s, compassionate conservative, healthy forests and others will pass into the dustbin of history. The ‘or sooner’ term frightens me a bit because W and company are doing their best to engender Armageddon on their watch.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:00 amI’m not sure we have lost them since a politician wants to win the war by ignoring it. But I wouldn’t want a coward as an allie in the first place.
Britain needs to get a backbone and stop letting the Islamists over run their country and murder their citizens. I doubt if denial will work.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:00 amTwo cheers for Tony Blair for a rhetorical victory in the Global War on Error.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:03 amBut I wouldn’t want a coward as an allie in the first place.
Patrick-you-morally-confused-jerk, I suggest getting your piss-soaked ass onto the firing line in Iraq before presuming to call anyone else a coward.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:07 amHilary has chosen this phrase instead:
“The vast majority of the people of the world against a small number of loose, shifting and disparate groups who have relatively little in common apart from their identification with others who share their distorted view of the world and their idea of being something bigger.”
That certainly motivates the British troops.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:09 ampatrick1: Here’s something you should read, the dictionary definition of war:
1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
2. a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other.
3. a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812.
So, please tell me how we are in a “war” on terror. Who is our enemy? How are we going to “fight” this war? How are we going to win this war? Inquiring minds need to know.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:11 amBritain needs to get a backbone and stop letting the Islamists over run their country and murder their citizens. I doubt if denial will work.
Comment by Patrick1
Patrick please quote the statistics that say that Islamists are responsible for the majority of murders in britain….
April 17th, 2007 at 11:11 am#10 – You know the release of the British Navy sailors was an exchange for the release of the Iranian displomats that were siezed by the US for being Iranians.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:17 amPatrick1,
April 17th, 2007 at 11:20 amWTF is an allie (lower case ‘a’)? Did forget to capitalize it as in the feminine first name – Allie?
Kate Henry sez:
We’ll win it the same way we won the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty.
Oh, wait…
April 17th, 2007 at 11:24 amChanging one’s language to reflect reality more accurately is not denial – it is an important step towards solving problems.
Continued use of sloppy and inaccurate language (such as “war on terror”) has repeatedly been used as a political cover for incompetence and denial. Unfortunately, in this country, the incompetence and denial in the Bush administration and its loyal subjects show few signs of ending.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:28 amResult of the “War on Drugs” = More and cheaper drugs
Result of the “War on Terror” = More and deadlier terrotists
I look forward to the “War on Porn”!
April 17th, 2007 at 11:29 amBritain needs to get a backbone and stop letting the Islamists over run their country and murder their citizens. I doubt if denial will work.
Muslims are very very nice people- that show great respect to all people of any race – they only show disrespect when treated with disrespect –
most crimes are commited when society fails to help the poor , hence you get robbings , murders etc as you see in everyday American life
also by depriving the poor you get a state of fear , which Bush needs to manipulate the American populace
April 17th, 2007 at 11:30 am21 You know the release of the British Navy sailors was an exchange for the release of the Iranian displomats that were siezed by the US for being Iranians.
Bullshit America is still holding 5 Iranians , during the time of the british straying into Iranian water 1 Iranian Diplomat was released who showed signs of being tortured by whoever held him according to the international red cross 9 whipped on his feet and drill holes”
the 5 Iranians were Embassy staff or republican guard have NEVER been released
Britain is sick to death of George Bushes war on terror – in fact we regards him as the biggest terrorist and Ken livingston Londons mayor describes bush as ” the biggest threat to mankind the world has ever come across”
George bush is disliked by 95% of the worlds population and this will show in the way we disrespect American people for the next 50 years .
April 17th, 2007 at 11:37 amI look forward to the “War on Pornâ€!
Comment by Geekfather
I think I’d rather have the “War on Chocolate”!
April 17th, 2007 at 11:39 am# 28
April 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amI think we should have the “War on War”.
What does Patrick1 mean by “get a backbone”. It’s very easy to bandy about vague, tough-sounding slogans, but it’s another thing to take specific actions and have to deal with the consequences.
Are you still in denial about the disasterous consquences of our display of “backbone” in Iraq? Don’t you think that our display of backbone is what has stiffened the backbone of Iran, thus greatly worsening the situation we find ourselves in?
April 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amI think we should have the “War on Warâ€.
Comment by Fun-gi
That will come in 2008 when we vote the adzeholes out!
April 17th, 2007 at 11:46 ama “war on neocons” would solve a lot of problems
April 17th, 2007 at 11:52 am#27.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:54 amAnd Americans have earned the disrespect.
I am ashamed of being a citizen of a terrorist nation.
At long last a majority of Americans have discarded the conflation of the war of occupation in Iraq with fighting terrorism. The latest Wapo poll says majority of Americans says pulling out of Iraq has nothing to do with defeating terrorism.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:03 pmConservatives are good for one thing…a laugh.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:28 pmThe British actually stopped using the phrase “war on Terror” at least five months ago.
Read this article
I’m sure I posted about Benn’s visit and speech a couple of days back.
April 18th, 2007 at 5:47 amOh well, might of been on another blog.