Obama continued the War on Terror with rhetoric rather than swords

Evidence

Words meant little and war spoke volumes. This theme continued after the architects of the War on Terror made way for a president who marched into history and marched the crusade forward. President Obama brandished his words with brilliant precision, replacing the Bush administration’s civilizational sword with oratory traps of seduction. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 296

Categorization

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