the Sugar Conspiracy

Monday, November 10, 2003

Newspeak

But today's military doesn't even use the words "body bags" — a term in common usage during the Vietnam War, when 58,000 Americans died.

During the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the Pentagon began calling them "human remains pouches" and it now refers to them as "transfer tubes."

Transfer tubes? Sheesh. Thanks to Atrios.

posted by chris at 4:32 PM
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