Let's Talk About the Department of War

Our National Character is Collateral Damage of Strategic Euphemisms.

In 1947, the National Security Act changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defense. The euphemism was deliberate: the United States no longer admitted that it made war; it only ‘defended’ itself — everywhere, all the time. —Chalmers Johnson

President Trump has announced, via a White House “Fact Sheet,” that he has ordered the Depar…