CATCHING UP WITH THE BRITS

Since late 2006, the British Foreign Office has encouraged other ministries to drop the "war on terror" phrase because it mostly helps terrorists in their recruiting efforts, so the Obama Administration is just following a good policy and NOT "appeasing" the terrorists as the wingnuts & neo-cons have been claiming.

Pete Hoekstra is one of the GOP's hardcore stooges and he's been one of the more vocal recent critics of how the Obama Administration is dealing with terrorists and he objects to dropping the phrase the Brits found counter-productive. Less than 2 years ago, he had the opposite opinion:

Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, in an interview said the phrase ”war on terror” was the “dumbest term…you could use”. The Michigan lawmaker, who criticises the Bush administration for using an overly aggressive tone, says he has urged Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, not to use the expression.

Atrios notes that Hoekstra is on This Week and you can bet this inconsistency won't be mentioned.