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Article: Commentary: World War IV.
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- September 25, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Sep 25, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX)
Wake up America, you are already in World War IV. That is the staccato rat-tat-rat message coursing through television talk shows by those who see themselves as latter day Churchills.
The theoretician-in-chief is R. James Woolsey, a former CIA director during the Clinton administration, whose lucubrations bear serious examination. The United States and its allies fought three world wars -- two "hot" and one "cold"-- in the 20th century. The first world war of the 21st century is not a war against terrorism per se. After all, Spain's ETA and Ireland's IRA terrorists are not enemies of ...