Posted on 07/23/2007 5:22:23 AM PDT by Lou L
By John E. Carey
Peace and Freedom
The discussion of the war in Iraq has created or modified its own vocabulary, especially in the halls of Congress.
Below is our attempt at an easy to use pocket dictionary to help navigate the verbology being used today.
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Redeploy: (verb) To reduce troops in one area in order to move them to another area. Usually connotes moving troops from combat to the rear. See: Murtha, Okinawa, retreat, surrender on the military goal. See also: Retreat, lose, loss, failure, enemy wins, back down, allies disheartened, terrorists emboldened.
Retreat: (verb or noun) In all prior wars this was an ugly word for Americans. Indicates failure. We retreat (we lose and the other guy wins). Why has this word been moved to the back of the word train? Because it has been easy to understand and clear for hundreds of years. See: redeploy.
Lost: (as in “the war is lost”) (noun or past tense of the verb to lose) Indicates failure or in war, an inability or unwillingness to prevail in battle. Usage: “The war in Iraq is lost and the troop surge is failing” (Senator Harry Reid, reported by AFP, April 19, 2007). See also, “We have not lost a military battle in Iraq (Senator Barak Obama, reported by AP, July 20, 2007).
Mission creep: (noun and verb) The activity of expanding upon the existing military mission gradually. Also used by some Democrats to describe people in support of the mission. Example: “The General is a mission creep.”
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It’s real simple.
If their lips are moving, they’re lying.
No matter what they say, the translation is always the same: BOHICA.
They’re not smart enough to have their own language.
In reality, they only "support" the troops when they are a) deployed on U.N.-sponsored peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Bosnia, or New Orleans; b) when a Democratic President is in office, and needs to rattle their saber to divert attention from domestic problems; or c) never.
Patton said Americans hate a looser. Times have changed.
Retreat: often referred to as a “strategic redeployment” - See General George McClellan, American Civil War, Peninsula campaign.
Anything = Open Up Your Wallets
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