definitions to keep on top of current events

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http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_jul27.html

July 27, 2003
Terms of engagement
Herewith, definitions to keep on top of current events
By ERIC MARGOLIS -- Contributing Foreign Editor

It's very difficult keeping up with Mideast news due to the Orwellian newspeak coming from Washington. So here's a handy list of key terms, translated into simple English

Liberation - Invasion.

Coalition - The U.S. and British invaders, plus some troops from rent-a-nations like Romania and Poland. In the past, "the coalition" would have been called imperial forces and mercenary auxiliaries.

Dictator - A ruler you don't like, or who does not cooperate.

Statesman - A cooperative dictator.

Stability - when things go the way Uncle Sam likes, ie., the status quo.

Instability - when things don't go the way Unc Sam wants, ie., when trouble-makers try to change the status quo
Iraq reconstruction - a process whereby big firms that contribute to the president's re-election campaign obtain contracts to rebuild the damage caused by U.S. bombing.

Freeing Iraq's oil assets - Washington's seizure and sale of Iraqi

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1. Low Intensity Conflict

The enemy won't wear uniforms, but we have bigger guns that they do.

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2. kick

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