Silence, surgery in progress

October 21, 2016 10:34

What is the function of "surgical' in surgical strike? Because, as every true-blooded patriot knows, a surgical strike is, of course, good, but it is also fundamentally different from, say, a "cross-border raid', let alone "infiltration". Those are things that the baddies do. We, on the other hand, do surgical strikes. Part of the appeal of a "surgical strike' -- the phrase derives, of course, from US military jargon, where it serves similar, but not identical purposes -- is that it implies "precision'. Read more

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