04/21/05

As the 'war on terror' drags on, it has become apparent that there is no way of knowing when this state of emergency will end. National security decisions that are made in the context of a war are, of course, different than those made during peacetime. But this administration has locked us into what seems like an indefinite war thanks to a campaign with ill-defined aims and ends. Does the war on terror include the invasion of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the detainment of 'enemy combatants?' The answer appears to be: all of these things, and perhaps much more. The objectives of the 'war on terror' have never been clearly spelled out, and without objectives, there is no real end in sight. The protean nature of the 'war on terror' means that it can become anything the administration desires, from the invasion of another country to further surreptitious apprehensions of 'terrorists...

http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2005/05/war_on_terror.html

from Mother Jones, by Onnesha Roychoudhuri


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp