He had to change the name and he chose to call it "Operation Enduring Freedom". Not much better, but politically correct and acceptable.
There is no doubt that the attacks on the USA on September 11, 2001, as well
as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq later on have brought changes, good and
bad, in all the world. Hopefully, they will make the world safer, but we will
have to "wait and see" a few years before the final consequences
are known. Some limited positive effects are already noticeable: Libya has
decided to scrap its military nuclear, chemical, and biological programmes;
Syria is softening its image and ready to pull back its soldiers from Lebanon;
Iran, and even North Korea, are becoming more open and ready to talk about
their nuclear weapons programmes; India and Pakistan are trying to resolve
their problems over Kashmir and their nuclear capabilities by negotiation,
not war. But there are negative aspects too: an anti-American attitude in
most of the world and even a general anti-western feelings in the Arab world;
the loss of the people trust in their governments in countries such as Britain,
Italy and Spain (until the change in government in March 2004) where the governments
decided to participate in the war against the wishes of the majority of the
population; the division among the European countries in their attitude towards
the war in Iraq.