Nov 15, 2023
“U.S. shipment of 'lethal aid'
reaches Ukraine amid Russia tensions,” NBC News reported in January
2022. “U.S. adopting 'deterrence posture' as aircraft carrier heads
towards Israel,” France 24 announced in October 2023. The same
month, The Hill
warned
about “Nutrition: The national security threat no one is talking
about.”
This is part two of our two-part
episode on the language of war. Last week, we discussed terms like
“boots on the ground” and “military footprint;” “precision” or
“targeted airstrikes;” “terrorism” and the very Orwellian phrase
“enemy noncombatant.”
If you haven’t listened
to
that
episode, we definitely encourage you to
do so. On this episode, we examine more of the most insidious terms
that U.S. media and government officials use to sanitize military
aggression worldwide, how this is affecting coverage of Israel’s
nonstop murderous bombing of Gaza, and discuss how we all can and
should use clearer, more accurate terms to describe the real human
stakes of state violence.
Our guests are Maha Hilal and
David Vine.