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Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 month ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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Mission? Hostilities? Don’t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.

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[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

NYT outing itself as Republican.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Special military operation"

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

The Biggest

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Depatment of War not actually involved in new Iran conflict

[–] Kalon@feddit.online 3 points 1 month ago

I wonder what they would call missles on the White House that "eliminate" targets there. 😵‍💫

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

must be hell trying to keep up with the script changes. speaking word$lop generated with micro$lop.

[–] cymor@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Do you mean Trump's War?

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

If it's not a war, I'm pretty sure that makes it strictly a crime against humanity. Is that better?

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Uh.... Military spree killing? Mass death-infliction? Wholesale slaughter? Yeah let's avoid calling it war.