Today's network news catchphrase seems to be "preparing the battlefield." I guess if we're going to do "surgical strikes" (1991 lingo), then we first need to prepare the operating theatre. Still, it seems like a very removed replacement term for "blowing the crap out of things high on our list." Does anyone else think the military shows are increasingly sounding like FoodTV? Will Tommy Franks be punctuating his bomb damage assessments (BDAs) with the occasional "bam"???
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