Word: haigspeak
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...Administration's current policy, to prop up Duarte long enough to get some rudimentary democratic institutions and economic reforms in place, is in plenty of trouble on the ground in El Salvador; and it is couched in some of the more bellicose, almost hysterical idioms of Haigspeak back in Washington. But as long as the Administration seeks to curb the abuses of the regime and discourage the political ambitions of the military, providing American assistance against the guerrillas is a reasonable and responsible course. The humanitarian as well as geopolitical goal of the U.S. is to stop the escalation...
Some of these images are as memorable as Haigspeak. At one point Mr. Stockman mentions the greedy "hogs" who, at another point, were "strung out on a limb." The Trojan horse metaphor is itself a bit mixed...
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