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We didn't really start calling it "The War on Terror" until after 9/11/2001. That's my guess as to where that comment is coming from.
by redblacktree 5y ago
We didn't really start calling it "The War on Terror" until after 9/11/2001. That's my guess as to where that comment is coming from.
- ch4s3 5y agoYeah, the "War on Terror" picked up and expanded upon prior art so to speak. Here's Biden talking about the history of the Patriot Act in 2002[1]. You'll note the 1994 bill he mentions actually came after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which I'd neglected to mention earlier. [1] https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4876107/user-clip-joe-biden-wrote-patriot-act https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4876107/user-clip-joe-biden-w...