“words”

The following sentence struck me as odd. I can’t tell whether it is meant to be a criticism or not:

>Long before then, the words “global war on terror” will likely fade away — the sooner, the better, hopefully to be replaced by a more focused, realistic and sustainable strategy.

It would be nice indeed if the words were replaced by a strategy.

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  1. Maybe Jenkins simply forgot the quotes so the sentence should read:

    Long before then, the words “global war on terror” will likely fade away — the sooner, the better, hopefully to be replaced by “a more focused, realistic and sustainable strategy.”

    It makes his statement consistent, but probably rather meaningless…like much of the contemporary discusion about terrorism (or should that be “terrorism”?).

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