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Posting Date: October 10, 2002
 

Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf
(Part 1 of 2)
-- "Metaphors can kill. The discourse over whether to go to war in the gulf was a panorama of metaphor. Secretary of State Baker saw Saddam Hussein as "sitting on our economic lifeline." President Bush portrayed him as having a "stranglehold" on our economy. General Schwarzkopf characterized the occupation of Kuwait as a "rape" that was ongoing. The President said that the US was in the gulf to "protect freedom, protect our future, and protect the innocent", and that we had to "push Saddam Hussein back." Saddam Hussein was painted as a Hitler. It is vital, literally vital, to understand just what role metaphorical thought played in bringing us in this war." (Comments: Via Doc.)

 

  

Reader Comments...
 

100% Moron: "Remember to use the word "terror". Use it about Saddam Hussein, use it about Osama Bin Laden, use it about Yasser Arafat, use it about anyone who opposes Israel or America. Bush used it in his speech yesterday, 30 times in half an hour — that’s one "terrorism" a minute. But now let’s list exactly what we really must forget if we are to support this madness.

Posted by: Kiss My War on October 11, 2002 07:30 PM


 

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