John Kerry’s Precision Wording

By Geoffrey Norman

Published September 12, 2014 12:04pm ET

John Kerry’s Precision Wording — Secretary of State John Kerry insists that we not call the thing by its proper name. The “thing” being U.S. military actions against ISIS (or ISIL, if you wish) and the name being “war.” But as CNN reports: John Kerry on Thursday would not say the United States is at war with ISIS, telling CNN in an interview that the […]

Secretary of State John Kerry insists that we not call the thing by its proper name. The “thing” being U.S. military actions against ISIS (or ISIL, if you wish) and the name being “war.”

But as CNN reports:

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