“War on terror” — the Bush-era phrase that has disappeared at the Obama White House — appeared again on Monday. When spokesman Robert Gibbs was asked about funding and troop levels for the war in Afghanistan, he said:
We are not — the President, whether it’s the economy, health care, or anything, isn’t going to — we’re not going to make — we’re not going to see the entire thing turn around in a few months, after years and years of neglect. You can’t under-resource the most important part of our war on terror, you can’t under-resource that for five or six or seven years — whether it’s under-resourced with troops, whether it’s under-resourced with civilian manpower, whether it’s under-resourced with economic development funding — and hope to snap your fingers and have that turn around in just a few months.
Video is here.
