Twilight Zone

spud · Post by **spud** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:25 pm

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... ml&src=rss
Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/washi ... yt&emc=rss
Democrats to Press Bush to Redeploy Troops in Iraq

Both posted on the same day. Did I miss something?

longtooth · Post by **longtooth** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:26 pm

You did not miss anything. You see everything. The Dems suffer from the John Kerry flip flop syndrome.

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:05 pm

I'm not sure what the question is. Are you seeing a conflict in the headlines?

"Withdraw" and "Redeploy" mean the same thing: bringing them home. When troops deploy, they go; when they redeploy, they come back.

Kevin

spud · Post by **spud** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:37 pm

Ah, I thought they meant Redeploy more troops.

Guess that is what public schools will get ya.

Flatland2D · Post by **Flatland2D** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:32 am

Looks like the second headline has now been changed to, "Democrats to Press Bush to Reduce Troops in Iraq".

spud · Post by **spud** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:35 pm

Looks like im not the only one that misinterpreted that.

stevie_d_64 · Post by **stevie_d_64** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:49 pm

I interpret it correctly...

If I continue, I'll never get anymore work done today...

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:57 pm

That's today's lesson in military lingo. "Redeploy" doesn't mean "deploy again", it means "undeploy". It probably should be "reploy", but good luck changing mil-speak.

Kevin