Ability to Distinguish

Coming on the heels of my post about Bush’s latest version of “follow us home,” I caught wind of this. [via Think Progress]

The British government has decided it will no longer use the phrase “War on Terror” because it gives militant groups a shared identity.

International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said the phrase strengthens militant groups by making them feel part of something “bigger,” Sky News reported Monday.

“In the U.K., we do not use the phrase ‘War on Terror’ because we can’t win by military means alone, and because this isn’t us against one organized enemy with a clear identity and a coherent set of objectives,” he said.

Those British. They always sound smarter than us. Turns out they might actually be smarter than us (or at least this administration).