FRAME THIS: The term "surge" is a Bushspeak term. The REAL term is "escalation"

[zulchzulu]

I get tired of the media and hearing the Obama campaign refer to the "surge" as the "surge".

The term "surge" is a poll-watched, confabricated, focus-group spawn Bushspeak term.

It IMMEDIATELY needs to be termed the "so called Surge", or more precisely, the Escalation. Hundreds of millions of dollars and 1,000 troops and thousands of injured troops as well as uncounted Iraqis were part of this plan. People also seem to forget the the whole notion of what was considered an "attack" was changed. If someone is shot in the back of the head, that's not considered an "attack". The victim now needs to be shot in the front of the head in order for a "attack" notch to be applied.

In summary, whenever anyone someone refers to "the Surge", it should actually be called "the Escalation". We need to have people have visions of dancing Lyndon Johnson war escalation quagmire in people's heads.

[Fovea]

1. The continuing escalation.

That the Iraqi government wants to end.

[npincus]

2. the urge to surge?

[intheflow]

3. Very good point!

I'll add that to my arsenal of retorts. :thumbsup:

[Renew Deal]

4. I agree and I don't know why Democrats haven't picked that up.

It's a big mistake by Democrats.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Yah - I tried to get DUers off of bush-speak back when it started. Didn't work.

[MadMaddie]

6. I would Frame it differently - I would characterize "The Surge"

as a correction of the miscalculation of actual troops that should have been deployed in Iraq from the beginning.

Whew...okay so that is a bit long winded but that is exactly what happened. The Rethuglicans want Americans to think that "The Surge", was some brilliant, strategic move to ensure an American victory, when in reality they fired or forcefully retired any Military Brass that said how many troops really were needed to keep the peace from the very beginning.

Even Escalation is correcting the original miscalculation of needed troops.

But either way they fucked up and we need to point it out to the media and all other Americans.

[tblue37]

7. Actually, NO troops should have deployed at the beginning,

because there never should have been an invasion of Iraq at all.

[MadMaddie]

9. Well, there is that point!

[Bobbie Jo]

8. I think they're saving the term Escalation for Iran.

:nuke:

[Canuckistanian]

10. 'Surge' sounds more manly

If you're surging, you ain't withdrawing.

[zulchzulu]

11. Perhaps other words for Bushspeak...

blather, blatherskite, double talk, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prattle, twaddle

[Alcibiades]

12. McCain keeps saying we have lost

when in reality we have already won. Bush conducted the war for the purpose of overthrowing Saddam Hussein. That's been done. What we have in Iraq now is an occupation in the midst of a civil war. I cannot for the life of me understand why McCain seeks an escalation of the occupation.

[margotb822]

13. Don't forget about the

fact that "the surge" was actually supposed to lead to political goals, which were not met or accomplished. So, in fact, the surge did not work and did result in an escalation. Reduction in violence was not the endgame, it was a step in the process.

[Land Shark]

14. "Escalating the Occupation of Iraq" is my suggestion/nomination in place of "Surge"

Any occupation that must be escalated is obviously an unwelcome and/or divisive occupation.

[zulchzulu]

18. A very good description of what is ACTUALLY happening

The words "escalation" and "occupation" combined with "unwanted" need to be drummed into everyone's head.

[AtomicKitten]

15. McBush continues to belch a noun, a verb, and "the surge."

The loons are inflicted with tunnel vision thinking Obama is disputing that the escalation created improved security. Nobody is disputing that the extra troops brought extra security, but that was a tool employed to foster political reconciliation - the actual purpose of the surge before the goalposts were moved yet again - and they missed the mark in that regard.

[VolcanoJen]

16. Another word we used in the war protests last September....

... THE SPLURGE.

In blood and treasure. :-(

[samsingh]

17. everything about the war is bushspeak - lies