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Alright, as an English speaker who has lived across North America, it's pedantic.

And we're talking about an American company working with an American gov't agency. Why wouldn't how "war" is used in the US be the only thing that matters?




Not an English speaker, but the very fact you find it pedantic is making his point, IMO. It means their normalizing the word "war" worked on you - or it may be seen as such. Not judging you though, just my perceptions.


I don’t disagree.

I guess my point is we are well beyond “normalization”. We’ve been using “war against...” for the past 50 years at least.




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