War on Terror Is Over If We Want It

The war on terror has always been a a propaganda device used by the mendacious Bush administration.

Matthew Yglesias asked in the American Prospect if Obama will jettison this exercise in lying writ large to the American people.

The notion of a 'war on terror' is a controversial one—British Foreign Secretary David Miliband recently critiqued it for giving the impression of a 'unified, transnational enemy.' Will Obama discard the phrase?