What is the difference between a war 60 [or in the case of Black Ops anywhere from 60 to 20] years ago and a war going on today? They are both wars, and time should not have an effect on anything at all concerning their effects on the world as we know it. There are plenty of games based on modern combat [Call of Duty for instance] that haven't gotten any flak for their use of Arab terrorists in the game. In Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 you can play as the "OpFor" in multiplayer. The OpFor is basically the Taliban and everybody knows it.