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Thread #161497   Message #3838399
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
12-Feb-17 - 04:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Wikipedia bans Daily Mail
Subject: RE: BS: Wikipedia bans Daily Mail
About as accurate as the Daily Mail as well I would say. From the article -

Went to war in 2001, the War on Terror (the first ever war to be waged upon an abstract noun)

From Wikipedia

The War on Drugs" is an American term usually applied to the United States government's campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade. This initiative includes a set of drug policies that are intended to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of psychoactive drugs that the participating governments and the UN have made illegal. The term was popularized by the media shortly after a press conference given on June 18, 1971

Does that not make the war on terror phrase some 30 years later that the war on drugs?

Makes you wonder what their sources are and what other drivel is being quoted as fact.

DtG