“Retooling the Words”
January 31, 2009 by ithinkthereforeib
We briefly discussed the phrase “Our nation is at war” from Obama’s inaugural speech, which seemed to proceed to “against terror”, but actually ended in “against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred”.
The article below discusses the catchphrase “war against terror”/”war on terror” – when it arose, what it came to mean and how the current administration is “retooling the words” in order to repair the US’s image in Islamic countries specifically and worldwide generally. As we study language, this is an interesting example of the power of language and how single words and phrases can matter (though we have yet to see if this “retooling” will have any effect):
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