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.