Sanum Ghafoor takes a look at war speak – where one man’s collateral damage is another man’s son…
“The frightening thing about the use of euphemisms is their power to efface the memory of actual cruelties. Behind the fa√ßade of a history falsified by language, the painful particulars of war are lost.”
David Bromwich
Analysis
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Opinion
President Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan. Source: The White House - Flickr / cropped from original / United States government work (for Public)
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Interview
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