"boots on the ground"

[Christopher Philippo]

On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> If I hear this phrase again I'm going to scream. In fact, I might as well do it now and get it over with.

It annoys me too - synecdoche as doublespeak.  If chicken hawks want to put soldiers in harm’s way they ought to at least have the decency to explicitly say so.  Let those who use “boots on the ground” receive boots to the head via carpet bombing of them by actual boots alone.

Chris Philippo
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