Well put and it bothers me too. It seems to be another case of Orwellian manipulation, i.e. an expression of power through language, functioning as a litmus test of the speaker's loyalty. Serious publications are not going along with it. More craven or (here) thoughtless ones are falling in line.

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tick_tock_tick 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean the original name switch was much more "Orwellian manipulation" if anything changing it back to war is undoing the bullshit implications that everything it does is defense.

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bluebarbet 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Surely the purpose of the organization is to defend the country? War seems more like the failure mode. The point here is that it was established by a law of Congress and so has an official name that should be respected until another law changes it.

	▲	tick_tock_tick 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe defend it's interests certainly not just defend the nation itself.