What Do You Call an Endless War? (Disclaimer: This is from a conservative magazine)

[fujiyama]

As mentioned, this is from a Conservative magazine, the American Conservative, but I found the article interesting and thought provoking nevertheless and it actually stays away from getting too political.

What do we call the endless war we have seen, especially since 9/11? This was written several months ago, before it was evident we were heading into yet another conflict. I also find it interesting how the passage of time puts previous wars into perspective. The Great War, after all wasn't that great 30 years later - and pales in comparison.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-do-you-call-an-endless-war/
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For well over a decade now the United States has been “a nation at war.” Does that war have a name?

It did at the outset. After 9/11, George W. Bush’s administration wasted no time in announcing that the U.S. was engaged in a Global War on Terrorism, or GWOT. With few dissenters, the media quickly embraced the term. The GWOT promised to be a gargantuan, transformative enterprise. The conflict begun on 9/11 would define the age. In neoconservative circles, it was known as World War IV.

Upon succeeding to the presidency in 2009, however, Barack Obama without fanfare junked Bush’s formulation (as he did again in a speech at the National Defense University last week). Yet if the appellation went away, the conflict itself, shorn of identifying marks, continued.

Does it matter that ours has become and remains a nameless war? Very much so.

[Chisox08]

1. The war for ever increasing profits

There are people making billions off of our endless wars and the only reason I see it continuing is the profits made from it.