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| Britain starts to drop 'war on terror' term |
| 2006-12-11 |
| Britain’s Foreign Office is urging government officials to stop using the US term “war on terror” amid concerns it angers British Muslims and undermines government aims, a weekly newspaper said Sunday. The government wants to “avoid reinforcing and giving succour to the terrorists’ narrative by using language that, taken out of context, could be counter-productive,” a Foreign Office spokesman told The Observer. The Foreign Office has sent the same message to cabinet ministers as well as diplomats and other government representatives around the world, according to the report. “We tend to emphasize upholding shared values as a means to counter terrorists,” the spokesman was quoted as saying. Many British officials and experts, the weekly said, suspect that Islamist extremists find it easier to recruit followers when western governments speak of a war on terror, by suggesting it is actually a war against Islam. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #22 irrational genocidal blabber I would like to clarify upon what I posted. My statement was NOT a call for the slaughter of all Muslims. Repeat NOT. Evidently, it was able to be interpreted that way and, therefore, I will still voluntarily retract it for that reason. Had it been a call to genocide, the world "Islam" would have been replaced with "Muslims". That was most definitely not the case. My statement was a call to end Islam's existence as a religion. It belongs on history's scrapheap every bit as much as Calvinism, Puritanism and a host of other severe and outdated creeds. Again, my statement was not a call to genocide and I want to make that very clear. I do not expect Rantburg to put up with such actions and neither do I promote them. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 17:47 |
| #21 Three words always prevented any good sense of alliteration. Keep it brief and simple: KILL ISLAM |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 15:28 |
| #20 I did. It was / is lonely. Why doncha relax those OzzieLand immigration rules. Just for me, k? I'll check back in a few minutes to see if it's done. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-11 20:40 |
| #19 Maybe OT, but hows about voting for a person who has no problem understanding what the "War on Terror" is all about? Go John Howard. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-12-11 20:37 |
| #18 Britain starts to drop 'war on terror' term Pappy How about calling it the 'War on Bad Teeth'? LOL! badanov Actually, phonetically, it is procounced Smert, the last constanent being a soft sign modifier and the e iotated due to the soft modifier. LOL! funny stuff, Zen Att'hut your mission: MORE humor >::) thats an order! |
| Posted by: RD 2006-12-11 20:06 |
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| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 17:47 |
| #16 I was starting to get excited at the headline: Britain starts to drop 'war on terror' term I was thinking maybe they were going to be more accurate.(i.e. - War on Radical Islam) Instead I was disappointed again when I read: officials to stop using the US term “war on terror” amid concerns it angers British Muslims The West will never win against this enemy if we don't have even the slightest backbone to publicly identify them. We are in such DIRE need of the next Churchill. |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2006-12-11 17:06 |
| #15 Actually, phonetically, it is procounced Smert, the last constanent being a soft sign modifier and the e iotated due to the soft modifier. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-11 16:24 |
| #14 Thank you for the advisory. I will refrain from such strong commentary in the future. My apologies to the board. I've just had it up to here with Islam's predation upon our world. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 16:20 |
| #13 No, that was a sinktrapping; Seafarious whacked 'im. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-12-11 16:09 |
| #12 What is #11? Like a final warning before sinktrapping? A kind of Pergatory prior to entering the holy land (sinktrap)? |
| Posted by: BA 2006-12-11 15:48 |
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| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 15:28 |
| #10 SHMERJ -- has a resonance to it. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-11 11:55 |
| #9 Call it Shmert (Context: Shmersh (contraction of Russian words for Death to Spies was teh countersepinonage section of KGB). |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-12-11 11:32 |
| #8 call it "Death to Jihadists!" and I'll be happy |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-12-11 11:16 |
| #7 Call it the "Jihad on Jihad" Everyone can be happy then. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-11 09:29 |
| #6 No need to call it a war at all. For me, 2000lb bombs represent part of my struggle to find inner peace. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-12-11 09:22 |
| #5 It's now "War on Jihad". |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-12-11 06:17 |
| #4 Or even better - why not ask the Muslims what they think it ought to be called? Mebbe "Crusaders Folly II"? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-12-11 05:57 |
| #3 Or maybe "Bush's War"? /disgusted, cynical, sarcasm |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-12-11 05:55 |
| #2 How about calling it the 'War on Bad Teeth'? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-12-11 01:09 |
| #1 It definitely is a war on Islam. Who gives a rat's ass if they seethe ? Oh, you're worried you've let so many in that you can't control them ? |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-12-11 00:53 |