New NATO vocabulary

EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW NATO VOCABULARY
Air war	The first phase of a ground war.
Albania	New US military concession.
British Servicemen	Expendable young men (and women) in whose ranks wehave never seen Messrs Blair, Cook or Robertson. They are apparently more expendable than conscripts from other "equal" partners in NATO.
Collateral damage	The unavoidable damage to civilian structures and populace (unless carried out by Serbs - then it becomes genocide, (see genocide).
Confirmed report	a. A rumour repeated by two or more Kosovars. b. What the KLA has told Robin Cook.
Degrading the military capacity	Aerial bombardment (one assumes that the Japanese never attacked Pearl Harbour but only degraded it's military capacity).
Democracy	A system of government, a. voted in by one person-one vote (unless they vote in a government which the USA does not like, then it is a dictatorship). b. emerging in Russia and now being undemined by NATO actions.
Dictator	a. Any leader who opposes the USA. b. A thug whose position is strengthened by bombing his people.
Diplomacy	Using ultimatums, illegal under international law (eh?) whilst supporting terrorist activity.
Ethnic cleansing	The barbarous act of forcing people of different ethnicity to leave their homes (unless carried out by those supported by the USA. i.e. 250,000 Serbs moved by US trained and supplied Croat regulars.
Fascism	A system run in Yugoslavia by a democratically elected (and unlikeable) communist. Unlike NATO whose puppet boss is a Spanish marxist.
Free press	A media system where censorship is called editing and money controls ethics..
Genocide	The killing of civilians (unless performed by NATO bombers).
Ground war	The second phase of the attack which the public must be told won't happen - until it's ready.
Humanitarian intervention	Illegal act of war (but then we're bigger than them).
Intelligence	a. What the KLA has told Robin Cook. b. Processed information to be ignored when it suits.
International Law	Eh?
Irresponsible	Moving refugees out of Macedonia and into a safe part of Albania before their full propaganda effect can be utilised.
KLA	a. (1997), A ruthless, marxist terrorist organization, b. (1999) Kosovan patriots.
Leader	Someone who runs a government that supports the USA. (Curiously enough our "gung-ho" leaders include a draft-dodging US leader, a guitar-strumming UK leader [51st state?], and two pacifist UK glove puppets [one was opposed to UK involvement in the Gulf and the other, the Minister of Defence, doesn't believe in guns]
Military leader	A US officer who has watched John Wayne in "The Green Beret" three times (without laughing once).
Mission creep	The excuse to be used for carrying out the planned ground war.
NATO	The United States of America (except when ground troops are required). nb: When Clinton referred to the NATO countries taking part in the attack on Yugoslavia, he said "NATO and our allies". Ooops!
Nothin' worth worrying about	The military forces of the Russian Federation (makes one wonder why we need NATO).
One accident	At least two aircraft separately hitting the wrong targets on the same day, the destruction of several apartment blocks in Novi Sad, Pristina and Belgrade, and the destruction of a train.
Propaganda	Something the other side deals in.
Refugees	a. The necessary pawns required to suffer, to fool the tax-payers into thinking, "We're fighting for them", Central America and Vietnam excepted. b. Victims who should be aide and temporarily housed in NATO countries (except in the case ot the USA who will house them in that well known US state - Cuba).
Seduced	A laser guided bomb is "seduced off target" instead of missing the target. The term may not be applied to Mr Clinton's use of cigars.
Serbian savagery	The accidental killing of Kosovan refugees by US aircraft.
Train	An object that, for reason or reasons unknown insists on "suddenly approaching" a railway bridge at the wrong time.
United Nations	An organisation superceded by NATO at Clinton's command.