More to Terrify than Terror Itself

From The Wasington Post:

...a solemn vow from President Bush not to "rest or tire until the war on terror is won."

“Terror” is not a country. Nor is it a group. It isn’t anything that war can be waged against. It’s an emotion for fucks sake. It’s not even an ideology…Business practice...Political strategy... Nothing. In fact, since The President keeps referring to 9/11 and other frightening things to justify his lack of coherent policy one might easily say he adds to people’s feeling of terror.

No – there is one reason why he keeps repeating this ‘newspeak” of his. Since one cannot win a war against an emotion it justifies anything he wants to do for as long as he wants. And when the polls look too grim – he can declare victory and throw himself a tickertape parade. Sure there will be Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel… and insurgents in Baghdad… and threats in London, Lisbon, and New York. But those will be the work of “Foes of Democracy”. “Terror” will have been defeated because the President will have said so.

And that's terrifying.