The War with No Name

By definition, the war on terror was always a misnomer. You can’t fight a war against a military tactic without identifying the people and the ideology behind it. But that’s exactly what the United States and Britain embarked upon after 9/11. Then-President George Bush said before Congress, “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there.”

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As we have written from the very beginning, it should have begun with radical Islam, headed by Iran—the world’s leading state sponsor of international terrorism. But because of politically correct paralysis and reluctance to offend an entire religious movement, the U.S. government opted for a fuzzy definition. To be fair, though, President Bush did identify Iran as one of three nations in the “axis of evil.” He also told Congress that the war would not end “until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.” More...

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