Wartime Words
abuse
- torture
- bad guys
- citizens of a country with resources the USA covets.
- blowback
- the retaliation for underhanded activity where that activity was kept secret from the people, so that the retaliation appears without motivation.
- dating the walrus
- A walrus is a large arctic mammal. Walrus’s have the longest baculum (penis bone) of any living mammal about 50 cm (19.69 in) long. Walruses don’t do well in desert climates. So the phrase means inserting large objects into the rectum.
- detainee
- A prisoner of war (POW) selected for torture.
- detention centre
- torture dungeon
- dog handling
- frightening with dogs. Getting dogs to bite prisoners. Getting dogs to anally or vaginally rape prisoners.
- enhanced interrogation techniques
- Torture techniques that must be kept secret to avoid public revulsion.
- freedom
- Originally it meant the right to do what you pleased so long as you did not harm others. In Bush speak it means “American corporate interests”, as in “the marines are defending freedom night and day all over the globe”.
- haji
- derogatory term used by American soldiers for Iraqis, similar to gook or slope of the Vietnam era. It literally means a Muslim on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
- insurgent
- Properly speaking a rebel against a legitimate government. In Bush-speak a member of the resistance.
- interrogation protocols
- techniques of torture
- liberty
- Originally it meant the right to say whatever you pleased without fear of being jailed. In Bush speak, it means “American domination”, as in “the marines are spreading liberty to every country on earth”.
- OIL
- Routine torture of all detainees. Operation Iraqi Liberation, renamed to OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom when somebody noticed the unintended honesty.
- pounding the marbles
- Squashing the testicles
- PUC
- Person Under Control, a prisoner
- rendition
- Sending a POW to a country with lax rules against torture for really nasty torture out of sight. Condoleeza Rice claims the USA does rendition, but claims it is not for torture. She claims the USA trusts the target country noted for torture not to torture these particular prisoners. Get serious! Why bother with rendition then? If the USA were not torturing, they would keep the suspects in jail in the continental USA. They keep them outside the USA, e.g. in Guantánamo and in eastern Europe, so they that American laws against cruel and unusual treatment of prisoners do not apply. There is no other reason for rendition.
- rogue nation
- a nation that won’t hand over its oil to the USA without a fight.
- terrorist
- Properly speaking someone who kills civilians. The American invaders of Iraq would fit this definition. In Bush-speak, a member of the resistance.
- tough tactics
- torture to extract bogus confessions
- town meeting
- informercial filming
- unlawful combatants
- prisoners of war
- war
- occupation. The Iraq war proper was over within a week. The Iraqi army was defeated. The capital was occupied. A puppet dictatorship was installed. What has happened since has been an occupation. Bush called it a war, because Americans don’t like losing wars and were thus more easily suckered into continuing the occupation. You can’t win or lose an occupation. You can only decide when to end it.
- waterboarding
- where a suspect is strapped to a board, turned upside down, and immersed in a wet towel to simulate the feeling of drowning until he loses consciousness. Some say it literally is drowning by forcing water into the mouth and nose. Others claim it just a nice warm bath to relax the suspect into confessing.
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abuse
- torture
- bad guys
- citizens of a country with resources the USA covets.
- blowback
- the retaliation for underhanded activity where that activity was kept secret from the people, so that the retaliation appears without motivation.
- dating the walrus
- A walrus is a large arctic mammal. Walrus’s have the longest baculum (penis bone) of any living mammal about 50 cm (19.69 in) long. Walruses don’t do well in desert climates. So the phrase means inserting large objects into the rectum.
- detainee
- A prisoner of war (POW) selected for torture.
- detention centre
- torture dungeon
- dog handling
- frightening with dogs. Getting dogs to bite prisoners. Getting dogs to anally or vaginally rape prisoners.
- enhanced interrogation techniques
- Torture techniques that must be kept secret to avoid public revulsion.
- freedom
- Originally it meant the right to do what you pleased so long as you did not harm others. In Bush speak it means “American corporate interests”, as in “the marines are defending freedom night and day all over the globe”.
- haji
- derogatory term used by American soldiers for Iraqis, similar to gook or slope of the Vietnam era. It literally means a Muslim on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
- insurgent
- Properly speaking a rebel against a legitimate government. In Bush-speak a member of the resistance.
- interrogation protocols
- techniques of torture
- liberty
- Originally it meant the right to say whatever you pleased without fear of being jailed. In Bush speak, it means “American domination”, as in “the marines are spreading liberty to every country on earth”.
- OIL
- Routine torture of all detainees. Operation Iraqi Liberation, renamed to OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom when somebody noticed the unintended honesty.
- pounding the marbles
- Squashing the testicles
- PUC
- Person Under Control, a prisoner
- rendition
- Sending a POW to a country with lax rules against torture for really nasty torture out of sight. Condoleeza Rice claims the USA does rendition, but claims it is not for torture. She claims the USA trusts the target country noted for torture not to torture these particular prisoners. Get serious! Why bother with rendition then? If the USA were not torturing, they would keep the suspects in jail in the continental USA. They keep them outside the USA, e.g. in Guantánamo and in eastern Europe, so they that American laws against cruel and unusual treatment of prisoners do not apply. There is no other reason for rendition.
- rogue nation
- a nation that won’t hand over its oil to the USA without a fight.
- terrorist
- Properly speaking someone who kills civilians. The American invaders of Iraq would fit this definition. In Bush-speak, a member of the resistance.
- tough tactics
- torture to extract bogus confessions
- town meeting
- informercial filming
- unlawful combatants
- prisoners of war
- war
- occupation. The Iraq war proper was over within a week. The Iraqi army was defeated. The capital was occupied. A puppet dictatorship was installed. What has happened since has been an occupation. Bush called it a war, because Americans don’t like losing wars and were thus more easily suckered into continuing the occupation. You can’t win or lose an occupation. You can only decide when to end it.
- waterboarding
- where a suspect is strapped to a board, turned upside down, and immersed in a wet towel to simulate the feeling of drowning until he loses consciousness. Some say it literally is drowning by forcing water into the mouth and nose. Others claim it just a nice warm bath to relax the suspect into confessing.
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