Military Intelligence

Ya know, I love oxymorons. They generally bring a smile to my face when I take a moment to think about them. However, there is a term that is floating around the news right now that is upsetting, and that is "friendly fire".

People, there is no such thing. The article doesn't specifically say who dropped the bomb, but the fact of the matter is that it was dropped on our own forces by mistake. Calling it "friendly fire" makes it sound polite, cleaned up. It takes emphasis off of what happened.

**Note from the editor: Yes, I know that the military uses the term "Friendly Fire". Just because the military uses the terminology does not mean that I have to like it or agree with it. The whole point of this post was to say that the press calling it "friendly fire" makes it sound less than it actually is. There is the tendency with the press these days to throw around terminology and catch phrases to make things stick in your head(i.e. "America Strikes Back), and hearing that phrase just annoyed me today, so I wanted to post about it.