Word: protractedness
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The object of Bush's U.N. speech is, presumably, to enlist active, enthusiastic support from allies whose help will be vital to destroy al Qaeda. This puts the U.S. in the unusual position of actually needing not just the passive consent, but the active assistance from Arab and Muslim countries...
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's comments in India Monday that he expected that the war against the Taliban would not go on for years appeared to have been directed at regional allies concerned at the negative domestic fallout from a protracted bombing campaign. After all, back home the Pentagon is having...
The prospect of a protracted campaign has made more urgent the waging of the propaganda war in the Arab and Muslim world, and the U.S. last weekend unveiled a new secret weapon - former ambassador to Syria Christopher Ross. Within two hours of Osama bin Laden's latest propaganda tape broadcast...
The deployment of a suave and sensitive spokesman, together with the creation of rapid-response information centers in Washington, London and Islamabad, suggests Washington is digging in for a protracted propaganda war alongside the real conflict on the ground. Having Ross address Arab concerns in Arabic is a good start...
For the American military, Haq's demise was a humbling end to a humbling week. Since the beginning of the campaign, the President's men have reminded Americans that this "new" kind of conflict could end up being as protracted as the cold war. And yet for a while the...