war on terror
Global counterterrorism effort
The war on terror is the military, political, and ideological campaign launched by the United States and allies following the September 11, 2001 attacks, targeting terrorist organizations and states accused of supporting them.
The phrase frames counterterrorism as an ongoing conflict rather than discrete operations: The war on terror justified expanded surveillance powers.
Critics note that unlike conventional wars, it has no clear endpoint or defined enemy.
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
- black siteSecret extrajudicial detention facility
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
- Al-QaedaIslamist militant organization
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
Abu Ghraib · Patriot Act · intelligence · waterboarding · drone strikes · Bush Doctrine · combat · fundamentalism · military · battle · extremism · security · Iraq War · regime change · axis of evil · Bush · hearts and minds · strategy
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- Anglo-American Relationsspecial relationship, Five Eyes, NATO alliance, Lend-Lease, intelligence sharing
- fearmongeringscaremongering, fearmongering, scare tactics, fear tactics, alarmism
- Political Quotesall men are created equal, Gettysburg Address, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, nothing to fear
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
- military erasWorld War I, Vietnam War, Korean War, Hundred Years War, Thirty Years War
war on terrordiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
soft power · peacebuilding · conflict resolution · appeasement · isolationism
war on terrorpeace
Freedom from disturbance
peace process · ceasefire · truce · reconciliation · armistice
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