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Re: Newspeak 2003
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:42:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> writes:
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> > 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."
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> No way! Are you saying that the word "terrorism" is misused to
> discredit the enemy? I am shocked!
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> 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.
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> Fredrik
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
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| (...) It makes about as much sense as the Palestinians asking that Saddam launch missiles (that he doesn't have) containing chemical weapons (that he doesn't have) at Israel, I guess... (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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