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COLLATERAL LANGUAGE
A Glossary to Understand (and Avoid) the Language of Mass Deception



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Rapid Dominance

(Source: «Language of war. Decoding the jargon of war», Nicholas Watt and Rory McCarthy,The Guardian)

This, according to the Pentagon's current philosophy, is what follows from a successful "shock and awe" offensive designed to terrify the enemy into submission.

Both terms were coined by military strategist Harlan Ullman in a 1996 National Defence University book. "The idea is to hit the Iraqi military and political structure at all the critical nodes and links with unbelievable intensity and unbelievable force and simultaneity," he explained. "That induces paralysis, desperation and a sense of extreme vulnerability. In essence you change their will and they surrender."

 




 

 

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