No more "War On Terror"?

So the Bush Administration is no longer using the term "War On Terror".

Interesting that despite all the criticism of that term four years ago when it was coined, that they are finally changing their tune. I will say I am glad they will be abandoning the term, but they should have never used it. The so-called War on Terror has done nothing except create more terror. Insurgency in Iraq has not decreased and gets stronger every day. With the war in Iraq, our enemies in other countries that we are not fighting are developing leaders and gaining followers that are creating new terrorists all over the region. Impressionable young people are seeing their neighboring country of Iraq get worse every day - homes destroyed, children and other people killed, jobs eliminated - and they can look to only a couple of places to place blame - the United States and its allies. The terrorists are winning this war, and we are not doing what should be done to stop it, instead we are fueling it. It's too late to turn back now.

Look at London right now. England was our #1 supporter in this war. Would these attacks have happened if they hadn't supported the U.S.? Would that city be living in fear? I think not. Look at Paris. There is no fear there. Remember freedom fries? This whole country took any jab they could at the French when they wouldn't support us. We should be apologizing to the French, telling them and others how correct they were and how wrong we were. But that will never happen. Accountability is not in the vocabulary of this administration.

I write this however with no solutions. We are in a mess with no real solution other than to get the Iraqis to the point where they can handle themselves. The problem is that takes years and years, and as this time goes on, the insurgency grows, terrorism grows, and things will continue on a path - hopefully one with an end - but right now it is just hard to see one.

OK, I just felt like venting for a second. Feels like this Roberts nomination and Rove scandal have taken away from Iraq the last few weeks, which is a good thing. But nothing has changed, there is just more news out there than just Iraq at this time. At least the shuttle went off without a hitch!