Wanted: One Word

I know I quote Blackfive a lot, but they're very good at what they do. They just put up another excellent post on the dangers of the latest funding bill. It also cites MoveOn.org as a major player in the anti-war campaign. The post exposes the shallow nature of the Democrats claims of "supporting the troops." I don't know whether to call them malicious or blind. Even my limited experience told me that incremental funding would create dangerous supply issues, long before the bill was passed. So why don't they see it?

But a visit to the nefarious MoveOn.org site showed me something very interesting, particularly in light of my recent post on the need to know what the American people are actually looking for. The site has one buzzword for Iraq: Escalation. That very powerful word is likely a major influence on the American people. They see the negative reports in the MSM, hear the word escalation, and think that if we don't bring the troops home, they'll see even more of those news stories, multiplied by several factors. The insurgents use the word "occupation" and the anti-war lobbyists use "escalation."

So what's our word?