I wrote this draft the other day after hearing John Kerry answer a question at a news conference……but I was beaten to the punch on the definition of war….but I still would like my opinion heard or in this case read.

The prez has spoken the words and the US is on its way to its third incursion into Iraq in 25 years……this time we will do it right….at least that seems to be the promise that the administration is making……Kerry is meeting all of our so-called allies in the region working on putting together a coalition to handle the situation with ISIS/ISIL/IS….fore now we are talking to Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia……..with more talks to come…….

The talking points worked and worked well….the American public is in support of the US going after IS….the media worked us well and now we are all standing around smiling and thumping our chests……Now the prez and the boyz will have to keep the talking points coming …..cannot let the American people losing confidence….now can we?

One of my pet peeves is the use of the term “boots on the ground”…..it is a de-humanizing term when used people do not think of young men and women being put in harm’s way….it is used to focus the public’s attention anywhere but on the Americans that will die and be maimed…….it is a term I will NOT use.

Then we come to the term of WAR.  Let’s ask  our Sec of State to see if he has something to say on this……….

“We’re engaged in a major counterterrorism operation, and it’s going to be a long-term counterterrorism operation. I think war is the wrong terminology and analogy but the fact is that we are engaged in a very significant global effort to curb terrorist activity,” Kerry told CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan in an interview from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he is traveling as part of American effort to build a global coalition to battle ISIS.

“I don’t think people need to get into war fever on this. I think they have to view it as a heightened level of counter terrorist activity…but it’s not dissimilar to what we’ve been doing the last few years with al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and in Yemen and elsewhere,” Kerry said.

So we are not fighting a war but rather a counterterroism operation, right?

Let’s go to the dictionary for a definition of the word “WAR”……….

The dictionary defines war…..noun……”a state of armed conflict between nations or states or different groups within a certain state or area”……..

That is what we Americans do……re-define words to fit our narrative…….very similar to the re-packaging of the word ‘jungle’ into ‘rain forest’…..less intimidating.

I would think that Kerry after serving in Vietnam would know that if it sounds like a war, looks like a war, smells like a war….there is only one accurate conclusion….IT IS A WAR!

Once again an attempt to control the narrative and remove any negativity from the talking points.  Just like the term I do not like….it was used enough that the media joined the ranks of promoting war by removing any negativity from its reports.

Yes, that is correct…it is propaganda to keep the support for war high among us gullible Americans.

Please do not let them do this again…..think of the vets we have that the country is ignoring……..do we want more people to suffer?