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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (41796)	4/22/2013 3:09:07 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

You're a crack up sometimes. Did the US go into Iraq or Afghanistan by itself? Did other countries that weren't attacked on 911 join us? Did Bush/Obama declare the WOT had/has no country boundaries?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (41796)	4/22/2013 3:14:18 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 85487

en.wikipedia.org The rhetorical war on terrorBecause the actions involved in the "war on terrorism" are diffuse, and the criteria for inclusion are unclear, political theorist Richard Jackson has argued that "the 'war on terrorism' therefore, is simultaneously a set of actual practices—wars, covert operations, agencies, and institutions—and an accompanying series of assumptions, beliefs, justifications, and narratives—it is an entire language or discourse." [31] Jackson cites among many examples a statement by John Ashcroft that "the attacks of September 11 drew a bright line of demarcation between the civil and the savage". [32] Administration officials also described "terrorists" as hateful, treacherous, barbarous, mad, twisted, perverted, without faith, parasitical, inhuman, and, most commonly, evil. [33]Americans, in contrast, were described as brave, loving, generous, strong, resourceful, heroic, and respectful of human rights. [34] Both the term and the policies it denotes have been a source of ongoing controversy, as critics argue it has been used to justify unilateral preventive war, human rights abuses and other violations of international law. [35] [36] ............ Precursor to the 9/11 attacks See also: Terrorism and List of terrorist incidents The origins of al-Qaeda as a network inspiring terrorism around the world and training operatives can be traced to the Soviet war in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989). The United States supported the Islamist mujahadeen guerillas against the military forces of the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. [37]