another "moment" for WOTY consideration

[Mark Mandel]

I've seen "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", though not AFAIR modifying "moment", for
several years at least.

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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

>  From Arianna Huffington's argument that Joe Biden should resign and
> become the point person for opposition to the war in Afghanistan:
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/why-joe-biden-should-resi_b_320929.html
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> In June, Gen. Jones, the president's National Security Advisor, was
> at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan, meeting with U.S. commanders
> there. This was shortly after the arrival of the 21,000 additional
> troops President Obama had sent over. Jones raised the question of
> what the president's reaction would be if he were asked for even more
> troops. Well, Jones said, answering his own question, if that
> happened, the president would probably have a "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
> moment." In other words, wtf?
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> Well, Obama has gotten that request, but it wasn't a "Whiskey Tango
> Foxtrot moment" for him after all. Sadly, Newsweek reports that Obama
> is typically "looking for a middle way." But this isn't a negotiation
> for a used car, where you split the difference. It's either in our
> national security interest to be there or it isn't. It's either a
> necessary war or it isn't.
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> I haven't encountered Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moments before, at least
> not by name.
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> LH
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