L.I.E.S.    Language in Extreme Situations

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A Glossary to Understand (and Avoid) the Language of Mass Deception



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Sensitive site exploitation

(Source: «Language of war. Decoding the jargon of war», Nicholas Watt and Rory McCarthy,The Guardian)

General Tommy Franks, the overall commander of coalition forces in the Iraq war, coined one of the more memorable military terms of the campaign. Troops will be performing what he called SSEs - sensitive site exploitation. This describes the delicate process of examining suspected plants containing weapons of mass destruction. No doubt such a technical term will come in handy if the allies fail to detect any weapons of mass of destruction, whose alleged presence in Iraq provided the pretext for war.

 




 

 

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