"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
This couldn't be more true than for this new phrase 'surge.' WTF? Surge is just another phrase for MORE TROOPS. So why are they using SURGE? Because it sounds BETTER than MORE TROOPS. SURGE sounds more modern - connotes power, connotes something technical because it involves electricity . . . SURGE is something a roadie or IT professional might produce. SURGE AND ACCELERATE? Oh man, even better. It's like a freakin' video game.
IT'S NOT A VIDEO GAME. DO NOT PARROT THEIR PROPAGANDISTIC BULLSHIT PHRASES LIKE 'SURGE AND ACCELERATE.'
Bush wants MORE TROOPS. More troops when the American people already voted against having ANY troops there.
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