another "moment" for WOTY consideration (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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See also "Foxtrot Oscar" for fuck off.

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> I've seen "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", though not AFAIR modifying
"moment",
> for
> several years at least.
>
> m a m
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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:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/why-joe-biden-
> should-resi_b_320929.html
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > LH
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