Mission? Hostilities? Don’t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.

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[–] 9 points 8 months ago

"Journalist" immediately folds and calls it a conflict in the title

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran War Widens

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Fascists Toil to Avoid Saying 'War' as Iran War Widens

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    [–] 72 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    "Journalist" immediately folds and calls it a conflict in the title

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  • [–] 51 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    “It’s not a war” - Department of war

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    [–] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    The Department of Defense was changed to the Department of War, and its official website: www.war.gov has a front page propaganda piece for Operation Epic Fury, the military designation for the war in Iran.

    The supermassive black hole of sheer mendacity here defies description. They seem to be unable to realize that you’re supposed to present a believable lie under which people can operate so that it becomes easier to choose to believe it than not. The Trump regime is composed of people who aren’t even competent fascists, it’s just egotistical chaos somehow still propped up by a 100 years of absurd American success.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    Way to literally call it conflict after making it clear distraction is the goal. Joke of an institution

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Aha! I've got it! The US is performing a humanitarian operation where they aid Iran with reducing their CO2 emissions.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    It's a "Special Military Operation".

    See? He's learning from the best to make merica the bestest and biggestest in the world.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Da, ees spetziel military operation. Three days, tops, tavarish.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Secretary of....special operations

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    @silence7 Special military operation.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    All of these verbal gymnastics, and with the winter Olympics just ended…

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    It's funny as Trump himself calls it a war al the time

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    vietnam was just a "police action", nothing new with this strategy.

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    [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    "Special military operation"

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    must be hell trying to keep up with the script changes. speaking word$lop generated with micro$lop.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Depatment of War not actually involved in new Iran conflict

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I wonder what they would call missles on the White House that "eliminate" targets there. 😵‍💫

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Do you mean Trump's War?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Uh.... Military spree killing? Mass death-infliction? Wholesale slaughter? Yeah let's avoid calling it war.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    If it's not a war, I'm pretty sure that makes it strictly a crime against humanity. Is that better?

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