January 23, 2007

This morning the Chicago Tribune ran an Op-Ed piece, by yours truly, on the Iraq War's new nomenclature. It begins:

surge--troop infusion to secure Baghdad and bolster Iraqi forces before an eventual U.S. withdrawal

scourge--typical Iraqi citizen's view of the U.S. military

stooge--typical Iraqi citizen's view of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

splurge--typical American taxpayers' view of new surge plan

insurgency--what surge is meant to purge

purge--what typical Iraqi citizens would like to do with U.S. military and the insurgency

For the full text, click here.