Andrew DeCain
January 30, 2009
1:39
Terrorism
After the War on Terror
In an opinionated article from the New York Times, Roger Cohen reports that Obama has declared the “War on Terror” officially over in his first news interview with the Arabic news network Al Arabiya. Throughout the article, Cohen goes on to describe a situation in which Obama will have to smoothly operate in order to repair our friendships and connections with many of the Islamic countries in the Middle East, and goes on to suggest that Obama will usher our nation into a new era of post-Cold War policy, where America is no longer the “decider” but more the “mediator-in-chief”.
I found this article to be very interesting because it discussed something that has plagued me as a problem with this nation since post-9/11. Declaring a War on Terrorism was one of the most ridiculous ideas any president has come up with in the history of our nation. Not only were we spending millions, if not billions, of dollars on a war that is not only unwinnable, the main targets are largely unattackable and with modern warfare, unbeatable by conventional armies. For example, look at the War in Iraq. We were able to move in and capture the capital and the majority of the country within a couple weeks of starting the war. However, what’s dragged on for the past 5 years is a war in which the citizens do not want an occupier there, and who can blame them. Bottom line: The War on Terror is dead.
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