An Abomination of the English Language
NOV 12, 2025
Just when you thought the assault on the English language couldn’t be more severe, I came across a new abomination in a recent memo (11/3/25) signed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF).
The CSAF expressed his commitment to nuclear force “recapitalization,” meaning that he fully supports the B-21 Raider and the Sentinel ICBM, which will cost more than $500 billion over the next two decades. He vowed he’d “relentlessly advocate” for them.
“Recapitalization”: What a word to describe more genocidal nuclear weapons!
Typically, the Air Force refers to “modernization” or “investment” when it comes to new nukes. This latest euphemism is an even more extreme example of bureaucratese and business-speak.
We’re just “recapitalizing” our nuclear forces, folks. Nothing to see here, move along.
One thing is certain. The new CSAF, with his talk of “recapitalization,” will make the smoothest of transitions to industry once he retires from the military.
Above is an idealized illustration of a Sentinel ICBM soon after launch. Don’t think about the aftermath of thermonuclear war. As NBC Pitchman Brian Williams once said, it’s important to be guided by the beauty of our weapons.
Bracing Views 
[From my entry in the Substack version]
1) Abomb-ination of the English language…?
2) “Recapitalization.” Oh, god, not only the MIC, or the MICIMATT as Ray McGovern suggests, but now we work in Wall St., the financial sector unabashedly? It’s of a piece. Any bets that this CSAF has an MBA?
3) Totally unaware until now of the Brian Williams inadvertent tip as to what the mainstream media in this country is all about. Simply dumbfounding. Tidbit: sometime before his career crash-and-burn, when he was riding high in his ratings, there was a biographical sketch of him. Very quizzical, yet revealing to me, was that he said ever since so young, whatever age that was, he said he always wanted to be a news anchor, maybe like Cronkite, I can’t recall who his idol was. Note: not a journalist, not a newsman, but a t.v. news anchor. Well, for awhile, he did splendidly in that role, but I guess ultimately caught up in his own fantasies about the job.
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