cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/42319004
Are they going to call it the Gulf of Mexico again? Or are they still pretending like it's all not a distraction from Epstein?
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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Oh man, I timed that Molly perfectly
It's not a war, it's a Country Building Operation. Tehran in 3 days!
The Department of War was its original name. I've always thought it to be a more honest name than the Department of Defence.
When was the last defensive war the US fought?
I don't know if this makes it better or worse but it never stopped being the "Department of Defense."
The "Department Of War" is essentially stylistic preference in the executive branch. The "Defense" name is still the statutory one.
EDIT: See below; this is invalid.
I'll add that I – giving Mike Johnson the least benefit of the doubt I could – tried pretty hard to find any instance of him referring to the DoD as the "Department of War" following Trump's executive order; I could not.
He corrected himself a few days ago in a back and forth about iran after he called if department of defense and called it the department of war.
Here he is 3 days ago:
"We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war," he told reporters. "The Department of War has made it very clear -- this is a limited operation. It's an operation that is limited in its scope and duration."
Limited operation, eh? A special one by any chance?
Oh shit, that's why I didn't find it. Here's the C-SPAN clip. He says "Department of Defense" and then immediately corrects himself to "Department of War". Jesus christ, Mikey, I really tried.
(This was somewhat difficult to find even with the quote; please link a source if you use one in the future instead of just quoting.)
I couldnt find the source that listed the slip either, I just recall reading an article that listed the slip days back so i knew the context.
oh whew thank you i was worried he was doing the right thing
dammit don't make me give him a single iota of respect because that's something that'll do it
The Trump admin learning firsthand why the euphemism was used.
Department of Face-Eating Leopards, on the other hand, is doing great
We've now hit the point in the timeline where these morons thought maybe if we change the name back no one will think it was us.
"What? No, we are the Department of DEFENSE. That whole thing going on in the Middle East was caused by the Department of War. That's not us."
Reg: Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front.
Judith, Stan, Francis: [Murmurs of agreement and "splitters"]
Francis: And the Judean Popular People's Front.
Reg, Judith, Stan: [More enthusiastic agreements]
Stan: And the People's Front of Judea!
Reg: [Agreements stop suddenly] What?
Stan: The People's Front of Judea, splitters!
Reg: We're the People's Front of Judea!
Stan: Oh! I thought we were the Popular Front.
Reg: People's Front!
Francis: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, eh?
Reg: [Indicating a man sitting by himself] He's over there.
Reg, Judith, Stan, Francis: [Beat] Splitter!Sure. Limited operation. But they aren’t taking the draft off the table.
It is a really high limit.
“This is a limited operation. We aren’t sure where that limit is, but it’s probably somewhere.”
Oops, forgot who he was speaking with and got the wires crossed.
Soon the GOP might have to set up a clubhouse and private Facebook group so they don't leak their real feelings.