Abstract
On the occasion of the end of the official “combat mission” in Iraq, it is worth examining the role rhetoric played in what some have termed one of the longest wars in U.S. history. But that raises the question. Was what happened in Iraq, at least after the initial invasion in 2003, a “war?” Everyone from the most hawkish of hawks to the most peaceful of doves chose war as the term with which to refer to the United States’ involvement in that country. But was this term literal or metaphoric? If the former, was it accurate? If the latter, what were the rhetorical (and political, social, and global) consequences of its use?
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- 2011-04
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