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by unclebucknasty 4723 days ago
>Also, once again the scope creep of the word "terrorist" ("terroristic") is deeply disturbing.

No kidding. I'm trying to figure out who the real "terrorists" are anymore. I mean, are there any real terrorists left in the War on Terror? Because there's a lot of stuff being justified for that "cause" but we aren't hearing a lot about the actual terrorists any more.

And, yeah, I know someone will say it's because we're stopping them all in secret with our super-duper advanced stealth techniques. It's all so neat and tidy.

But, this is exactly what happens when you define a "war" on a concept vs. a specific nation or group. The scope can creep almost infinitely.