And The Answer Is…

The Campaign Against Al Qaeda And Transnational Terrorist Organizations.

Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

Even though we’re saddled with that idiocy, at least we have a steady hand at the helm, a stalwart captain to guide the ship of state through perilous waters, who–

Who am I kidding? We’re screwed. We can’t even call a war a war. We reduce it to a clumsy acronym better suited for an obscure IT system. Someone in a position of authority had to have signed off on that terminology. Where are the leaders and statesmen when we need them? We’d better find them, and find them fast.