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Military Euphemisms: Take Out - Destroy Wet Work - Assassination Area Denial Munitions - Land Mines Physical Persuasion/Tough Questioning - TORTURE Enhanced Interrogation methods - TORTURE Operational Exhaustion - Shell Shock Department of Defense - Department of War Neutralize - Kill Collateral Damage - Civilian Militant - Any male over 18 years old Insurgents - Native citizens defending their country Extrajudicial killing - Government sanctioned MURDER Target of Opportunity - Assassination Regime Change - Overthrowing of a government Shock and Awe - Blitzkrieg Surgical Strike - The use of guided munitions Caught in cross-fire - Innocents shot dead by soldiers Ethnic Cleansing - Genocide Protective Custody - Imprisonment without charge or trial Generous Offer - Demand for Surrender Incursion - Attacking with heavy metal Air Campaign - Bombing Friendly Fire - Death caused to ones own troops Prohibiting Transactions - Economic embargo Soft targets - humans All out strategic exchange - Nuclear War Open up on - Fire upon with all available weaponry Frag - Kill a friendly soldier (now extended to enemies as well) Greenbacking - Hiring mercenaries Monitoring - Eavesdropping, spying Conventional weapon - Non-nuclear weaponry Clean bomb - Neutron bomb, only kills people leaving infrastructure intact Nerve agent - Poison gas Strategic movement to the rear - Retreat PACIFY - Lay waste to, destroy Pre-emptive strike - Surprise attack or invasion Second strike capability - Ability to retaliate with nuclear weaponry And lastly, Military euphemisms - Orwellian Newspeak
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:36:12 +0000

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