another "moment" for WOTY consideration (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Once again, possible from 1951/52.

Unknown till lately.

JL



On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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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.
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> > 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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