Gone with the enemy

While it may not be the official Obama administration policy, apparently there is no longer a “Global War on Terror.” (via memeorandum) The Washington Post reports:

In a memo e-mailed this week to Pentagon staff members, the Defense Department’s office of security review noted that “this administration prefers to avoid using the term ‘Long War’ or ‘Global War on Terror’ [GWOT.] Please use ‘Overseas Contingency Operation.’ ”

While the article suggests that this particular e-mail may have been the work of a single career civil servant, it explains:

Coincidentally or not, senior administration officials had been publicly using the phrase “overseas contingency operations” in a war context for roughly a month before the e-mail was sent.

I guess this has been coming. After all if we don’t have enemies, I guess we can’t very well have a war.

Give diplomacy a chance? Good luck with that. Sanctions might be worth a try.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad.