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Global war tag is Bush propaganda: Democrats« Thread Started

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Global war tag is Bush propaganda: Democrats« Thread Started on Apr 12, 2007, 11:03pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Global war tag is Bush propaganda: DemocratsEmail Print Normal font Large font WashingtonApril 11, 2007read at sourceUS DEMOCRATS have banned the phrase "global war on terror" from the draft Pentagon budget, arguing that it is a propagandist term designed to boost President Bush's contention that the Iraq conflict is a war of necessity.The term, coined by the Bush Administration shortly after the September 11 attacks, soon entered the US political lexicon. In Pentagon documents, it has its own acronym — GWOT.But Democrats on the House of Representatives' armed services committee have said that GWOT should be avoided