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Re: Newspeak 2003
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:06:06 GMT
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> writes:
> So what have I missed? Are we not at war with Iraq? If we kill them
> we are "liberating" Iraq, or "engaging" the enemy. If they kill us
> it is "terrorism."
No way! Are you saying that the word "terrorism" is misused to
discredit the enemy? I am shocked!
Another interesting term is "precision bombing". The US government has
officially apologized to the Iranian government for US missiles hitting
Iranian soil. They were obviously intended for Iraqi targets.
Apparantly, some have hit Saudi Arabia as well. I think that to apply
the word "precision" to a weapon system makes little sense, when some
war heads don't even hit the correct country.
Fredrik
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| (...) But they missed the intended country *very* precisely. Actually, I thought I heard that (at least some of) the missiles that hit Iran had been identified as Iraqi in origin. Can anyone verify this? Granted, even if true, the Iraqis only fired (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think my favourite thus far is that "He will use the WoMD that don't exist when the forces close in on him." How does that sentence make sense at all? Dave K (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Didn't some of those missiles (GPS guided) go awry while GPS jammers (sold and serviced by Russian companies, as it turns out... probably because they underbid the French) were being deployed? You can't fault the missiles directly for that. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Note - the word "hit" needs to be qualified here. Errant missiles have not made it to their targets, but they basically crash-landed. Tomahawks are not fully armed until just before reaching their targets, so errant missiles may cause small (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I read somewhere that it was only the (older) Tomahawk missiles that went astray, and when the problem was identified, the coalition immediately announced it's intention not to use them until it was resolved. The Cruise missiles and laser (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Iraqi ultralights spotted over U.S. troops" (URL) Gen. Victor E. “Gene” Renuart Jr., director of operations for Central Command, was quick to label the bombing as an act of terrorism. “That kind of an activity is a symbol of an organization that is (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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