Editing Talk:Korean conflict (section)

== war on terror ==

The [[War on terror]] article notes "President Barack Obama announced on 23 May 2013 that Global War on Terror is over"

The term "War on Terror" should not be applied to Obama-era foreign policy without a reliable source declaring it. -- [[User:Callinus|Callinus]] ([[User talk:Callinus|talk]]) 19:13, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

:See [[Talk:War on Terror#North Korea conflict and Obama era rejection of 'war on terror' label]] -- [[User:Callinus|Callinus]] ([[User talk:Callinus|talk]]) 19:13, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

:::Where does the article apply "War on Terror" to Obama's foreign policy? And many people would say the "War on Terror" continues. (Some equally say it never existed.) However, I think the use of "War on Terror" here is misleading. The citation (now removed) in the problematic infobox (see above) referred to an article that speculates about a potential alliance between North Korea and ISIS, but doesn't mention the "War on Terror". The body of the article does not discuss the War on Terror, nor does it suggest a link between North Korea and Islamic terrorism as far as I can see. The only linkage is the term [[Axis of Evil]]. While the Axis of Evil term referred to the War on Terror, this connection and the concept of the "axis" itself was dismissed by many scholars and commentators. I defend the reference to the "Axis of Evil" here because many scholars have seen it as a turning point in American policy about North Korea. However, all it requires is a passing reference, as there has been little or no evidence to substantiate the rhetoric, and the American government itself has not pursued the allegation. At the moment, we have no source which says the Korean conflict is part of the War on Terror, and having surveyed a lot of scholarship in editing this article I don't believe this opinion is shared by the leading scholars in the field.--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] ([[User talk:Jack Upland|talk]]) 19:36, 30 August 2017 (UTC)