How about "NATO Peacekeeper"?
From the war in Kosovo we got several new additions
to the Orwellian "Doublespeak" Dictionary. I highly
recommend everyone to read or "re-read" Orwell's book
"1984", now considered one of the great classics of
Western Literature.
Just a side note, Orwell said there were 3 types of
vocabulary, A, B, and C. Vocabulary "A" consisted of
words that we use in everyday conversation. Vocabulary
"C" consists of words that were technical. It was the
rise of vocabulary "B" that gave meaning to oxymoron
words. Many of these words are compound words that have
at least two given meanings, but when put together, they
create political ideology and thus when used repeatedly
in the media, give rise to propaganda. In this NATO
driven war in Kosovo, we saw the rise of vocabulary "B"
words such as "Humantiarian War", or "NATO Peacekeeper".
Of course, there is no such thing as a Humanitarian War,
and when NATO started dropping bombs, it would be hard
to call them "Peacekeepers" but it had the intended effect
of driving the political agenda of the NATO allies.
Enough of that,
-John
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