Counterinsurgency and the Global War on TerrorSince September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the "global war on terrorism (GWOT)." Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U. S. security documents such as the National Security Council's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and in statements by the U. S. Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the JCS. The description Long Warunlimited in time and space and continuing for