War Metaphors are Never the Answer.

Written on April 27, 2010 by in Blog

Either Time magazine needs to be slapped or the US Army needs to change it’s strategy. Either way, I can’t advise using war metaphors for anything other than war.

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  1. Michael Spence
    December 29, 2010 | 2:32 pm

    I would suggest that “war on terror” is itself a wretchedly applied metaphor. You cannot draw your weapon and put a bullet in an emotion, only in people.

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