Reagan-era war on terror did not persist through Bush and Clinton

Evidence

From Bush to Obama to Trump and now Biden, each executive presiding over the War on Terror steered it forward globally. This war was created in the name of protecting civilization, supplanted by a campaign where drones and spies donned the thin mask of harmony, and back to a trumped-up clash of civilizations orchestrated by an apocalyptic demagogue. A fluidly remade War on Terror that offered the world, and the constellation of nations that fed on the war, an American template for unleashing their own domestic crusades against an entire faith and its followers. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 306 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

His presidency began with much optimism and concluded with the bitter realization that Obama did not put an end to the war on terror launched by his predecessor, but mutated, modernized, and marched it forward. With a fresh new face, rhetorical smoke signals, and the pacifying effect afforded by his racial identity and strategic deployment of progressive ideas and language, the war on terror was craftily pushed forward for another eight years under the Obama administration, and Islamophobia swelled right alongside of it. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 329 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Iran hostage crisis opened the door for Reagan’s first war on terror — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 448; Trump’s Muslim ban built on parallel Clinton, Bush, and Obama refugee restriction policies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 629; Each successive president advanced rather than curtailed the War on Terror — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 306 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Each successive president advanced rather than curtailed the War on Terror #contradicts (0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 306
• Bush and Clinton administrations resisted the neocon anti-Islamic-terrorism agenda #corroborates (0.85)
• Obama’s presidency mutated and advanced rather than ended the war on terror #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 329
• Obama continued the War on Terror with rhetoric rather than swords #expands (0.72) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 296