What's wrong with "the war on terror"? Even the newswires assume the war was fabricated by the president. (emphasis mine)

Bush honours U.S. war dead
Mon 31 May, 2004 18:30
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has acknowledged the "great costs" of American military deaths from his administration's war on terror at a Memorial Day service as the combined U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan climbed toward the 1,000 mark.