Obama's serial abuse of language

On Wednesday we noted President Obama’s remark that America’s military had been “volunteered by others” for the action in Libya. Today, we learn that the action in Libya is not war, but “kinetic military action.” And what was once called a “rush to war” even though Congress was consulted and the debate lasted a year, is now acting in an “unprecedented fashion and with unprecedented speed.” The president presiding over three wars overseas contingencies resulting from man-caused disasters: Keeping the Peace Prize.

Just don’t call it a war undertaken without much debate or leadership, and without congressional approval, or Joe Biden might try to impeach you.