With the end of the Global War on Terror and no more enemy combatants, do we need to look for Osama?

The new administration seems to think a war on words is better than actually worry about the fight.  Recently it was decided that the United States would no longer use the term ‘enemy combatant’.  As Dennis Miller said recently on the O’Reilly Factor about the decision, “You say tomato, I say intifada. I cannot believe that we’ve decided to battle Al Qaeda by vernacular-ing them to death. I mean, it’s unbelievable to me. They think we’re Satan.”

Now today we are pleased to announce that the Obama administration has decided that the Global War on Terror has ended.  In its place, we now have an “Overseas Contingency Operation.”  According to the Washington Post, an email was circulated at the Pentagon saying:

“Recently, in a LtGen [John] Bergman, USMC, statement for the 25 March [congressional] hearing, OMB required that the following change be made before going to the Hill,” Dave Riedel, of the Office of Security Review, wrote in an e-mail.

“OMB says: ‘This Administration prefers to avoid using the term “Long War” or “Global War on Terror” [GWOT]. Please use “Overseas Contingency Operation.’”

There you go.  There are no more enemy combatants and no more Global War on Terror.  I feel much safer.

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