正如Greoge Orwell的1984所預視, 為了合理化和淹蓋現實, 政權會重新創造新的詞彙, 以下是布殊政府的一些新詞匯:
GWOT: global war on terrorism 所有美國的敵人都是恐怖主義者, 而美國正在進行GWOT, 連戰爭這字都淹蓋了.
unlawful combatants: 本來應以戰爭罪犯來稱呼被捕的士兵, 這意味著這些人在不用審判下就可以於境外受刑.
Weapons of Mass Destruction: 最新的國防定義令人吃驚:
The term WMD/E relates to a broad range of adversary capabilities that pose potentially devastating impacts. WMD/E includes chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and enhanced high explosive weapons as well as other, more asymmetrical 'weapons'. They may rely more on disruptive impact than destructive kinetic effects. For example, cyber attacks on U.S. commercial information systems or attacks against transportation networks may have a greater economic or psychological effect than a relatively small release of a lethal agent.
連網絡入侵都包埋, 在這定義下, 美國隨時可以以恐怖主義之名出兵打任何國家.
選自Alternet, 原文有更多精彩的魔鬼詞彙.