Study Shows Limits Of Using 'War On Terror' To Promote Government Policies
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 08:28
in Mathematics & Economics
A new study shows that there are definite limits on the government's use of the "war on terror" as a rhetorical tool for advancing federal land-use projects and other policy objectives. "The government can no longer rely solely on the 'war on terrorism' and 'national security' as arguments to maintain a crisis situation where local people willingly sacrifice protection of their 'homeland'," according to the author of a new study.
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