Saturday, November 3, 2018

War-Speak (Minimizing Torture)

Newest conflict euphemism: "We are pressurizing [Qaddafi's] forces."

I heard this from a U.S. commander, as reported by NPR. I can hear it now: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client is not guilty of murder, he was just pressurizing the victim."

I just love war-speak.  How about this: "What happened to my Goldfish? You didn't feed it did you?"

"I just pressurized it a bit."

Loren M. Lambert © March 23, 2011

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