Military Jargon - Misleading, Doublespeak

When the military uses a term like collateral damage - you hardly blink an eye, sounds like a building or some object was destroyed. NO

collateral damage: the killing of innocent bystanders, ecological destruction and environmental contamination.
aerial ordnance (military): bombs and missiles.
dehousing: (WWII) allied bombing of German civilian homes.
alleged: actually perpetrated
enhanced interrogation: torture
freedom fighter: A terrorist furthering American interests
asymmetric warfare: suicide bombing attacks, local violent unrest, almost anything that one does not wish to call war or terrorism. Military scientists define asymmetry in warfare as circumstances in which one side continues to fight regardless the disproportionate military capacity of an opponent.
American interests: 1. Corporate interests; keeping share prices up. 2. For the benefit of the rich
irregularities: 1. corporate accounting fraud 2. evidence of election fraud
manifest destiny: imperialism
From SourceWatch encyclopedia

Doublespeak (sometimes called doubletalk) is language constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often resulting in a communication bypass. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs) or deliberate ambiguity.

Words "deliberately constructed for political purposes: words, that is to say, which not only had in every case a political implication, but were intended to impose a desirable mental attitude upon the person using them."

This is an interesting mind-expanding intro.

Language of War
Produced July 29, 1990
Welcome to "AMERICA'S DEFENSE MONITOR."

. . . Bill Lutz is a professor of English at Rutgers University. He has written a number of revealing books on mis-leading language in the military and elsewhere. His latest is called "Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living."