Obliterated are jihadists, mujahideen, Islamofascist. So no more "glamorising terrorism, or imbues terrorists with religious authority they do not have and so damaging relations with Muslims around the world."

Pity he didn't realize this BEFORE he sullied America's name in the Muslim world. Bit late now to smell the grass.

You might expect to know what you should call your Muslim friends now. Well 'the memo warns: "Don't compromise our credibility" by using words and phrases that may ascribe benign motives to terrorists' but no useful info for the few neocon clippers. I expect it'll be back to swiftboating now.

Ah, this is important. People of other cultures don't mean what we think they mean, just because they use some of the same words we use. You've got to look deeper.
Good clip!

And, of course, translations of things they said into English are even more unlikely to represent the thought accurately, for different cultures use very different voices and emotions. Persian, an Iranian friend tells me, is often spoken bombastically, but it doesn't mean what its English translation suggests. Hence, Ahmadinejad isn't saying what he thinks he's saying, and we aren't hearing what he is saying.

Islamo-fascism is a real classic; it deserves a place in the history books.

Now, I've noticed, the US is fighting "criminals, thugs, and Iranian-supported special forces, not to mention the Madhi Army and al-Qaeda."

We're beginning to fabricate as many names for the local population as we fabricated reasons for the war.