The only reasons to talk about it now are (1) general interest (2) as a blow in the longer-term war between traditional political reporting and the rise of the nerds.
By asserting, for political purposes, that the nation's two wars are ending while planning behind the scenes for a longer-term war against Al Qaeda terrorists, the man who pledged to bring America's wars to an end has instead laid the basis for an endless battle.
But in the longer term, a wider war — involving Hezbollah and Iran — seems increasingly likely.
In April 2007, the British government announced that it was no longer using the term 'War on Terror'.
This view squares with that of his boss, R. Gil Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police chief who declared on taking office as drug czar in May that President Obama's administration would no longer use the term "war on drugs" — and that the term implied the government was waging a battle against its citizens.
As for meeting the costs ($2.5 billion overall?) of El Niño, he hopes for $800m from multilateral lenders or donors, plus $600m from a bond issue and, modestly, the general budget.In the longer term, Mr Mahuad promises a war on poverty, more and better investment in health and education, more jobs and a drive against corruption.
It features the pay and hours of piece- and time-rated women, female male wage ratios, and an assessment of the war's longer term impact on the female labor market.
The writing conveys both his sympathy for the plight of the men who had endured the war and its longer term consequences, and the book marks the period in his life when he moved from being a good artist to a great one.
He suggested looking longer term.
Longer term: health-care reform.
