Pentagon Clarifies: “War On Terror” Not Banned
Mar 27, 2009 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The GWOT Goes On
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell calls to make clear that nobody has banned the phrase “Global War on Terror.”
“I have used and continue to use that term, as do many here in the building. But there are alternatives that are just as fitting,” he said. “We are not wed to any one nomenclature.”
“We are still actively engaged in a global war against terror,” he said.
Morrell drew some blogospheric attention, including here, for using a different phrase in a briefing yesterday — though he was equally careful to note then that there was no rule against the phrase.
