Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that some in the Obama administration are now referring to the "war on terror" as an "Overseas Contingency Operation." There's been some confusion as to whether or not the "war on terror" has been officially abolished.
Via Ben Smith, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says the preferred term is "a campaign against extremists who wish to do us harm."
It might take a while for CAEWWTDUH to replace GWOT in the lexicon, but the bigger concern, really, is that the word "extremists" seems a bit bellicose for the Obama administration. Perhaps a 'campaign against undocumented freedom fighters who just might need a really big hug' would be more fitting.
