Terrorism

Bush talks about a war on global terror but, as Joe Biden says,

"Terrorism is a means, not an end, and very different groups and countries are using it toward very different goals. If we can't even identify the enemy or describe the war we're fighting, it's difficult to see how we will win."

"Terror is a tactic. Terror is not a philosophy," Biden said. "The war in Chechnya is a war of liberation -- it engaged in terrorist activities, but it it is fundamentally different."Bush's insistence on seeing Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as fronts in the same war, Biden said, is "the reason why [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's gotten away with murder."

We should all remember how tricky Bush and his gang can be. This slippery phrase of his allowed him to make it mean whatever he wants it to because, fundamentally, it doesn't mean anything at all.