his sounds similar to the way in which the current US "war on terrorism" manages to avoid mentioning
awkward details like NORAID, and the fact that US money has kept the IRA alive for decades.

Just so we stay on word-related subjects, I suggest we all read linguist Noam Chomsky's books on the power of words to brainwash Americans into thinking ourselves innocent of terrorism ourselves. There - wasn't that nice and apolitical?