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pre-emptive defence

To call the act of attacking first, without an overt act of provacation, "pre-emptive defence" is euphemistic. The substitution of "defence" for "war" is a classic use of Orwellian doublespeak that dates back in the United States to 1947, when the Department of War was renamed the "Department of Defense."

Kieren

by a reader on Tue, 04/19/2005 - 18:51

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