What will the future hold?

For the military at least and for our country's safety.

On Friday Jennifer Griffen reported that Obama's administration asked for the defense budget to be cut by more than 10%. I'm actually not surprised and look for that number to go up. I'm interested to see what exactly is going to get cut, something should come out Monday. In the article it says that they are looking at weapons programs.

Then, today, I saw this article about "war on terror" being dropped.

a few quotes from the article:

The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations.

Since taking office less than two weeks ago, President Barack Obama has talked broadly of the "enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism." Another time it was an "ongoing struggle."

He has pledged to "go after" extremists and "win this fight." There even was an oblique reference to a "twilight struggle" as the U.S. relentlessly pursues those who threaten the country.

OK so let's not call it what it is so we can repair our image among the people that cheered on the streets when thousands of our civilians were brutaly killed.
And I love the "struggle against terrorism and extremism." It sounds so lame and weak.
What exactly does he mean by "twilight struggle" - here's the definition of twilight:

twi⋅light   /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ [twahy-lahyt]

–noun 1. the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
2. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light prevails.
3. a terminal period, esp. after full development, success, etc.: the twilight of his life.
4. a state of uncertainty, vagueness, or gloom.
–adjective 5. of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim; obscure: in the twilight hours.
6. appearing or flying at twilight; crepuscular.

So what exactly does he mean by it? I think considering the meaning, that is an odd choice of words, gives the impression that it's something we can't win, or will be the death of us.

The thinking has evolved, he said, to focus on avoiding the kind of rhetoric "which could imply that this was a struggle against a religion or a culture."

Obama has made it clear in his first days in office that he is courting the Muslim community and making what is at least a symbolic shift away from the previous administration's often more combative tone.

So what culture and religion is terror? If a specific culture and religion is implied by the word terror then whose fault is it? The people who enact the terror or the ones that that prevent and defend against it?

But like he said in his first interview as President:

And my job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to live their lives and see their children live better lives.