Words in Wartime

1.) Lakoff believes that the power of words in wartime can be extended to many things: propaganda, de-humanizing of an enemy, as well as making a cause feel justified.
2.) I think she puts a little too much power into the impact of words, although she does bring up a good point.
3.) I think the main point of the passage is about war, with language being a common element in the paper.
4.) She's exaggerating a little bit. Although Abu Gharib was pretty awful, if we had labeled the enemies "Iraqi's", I think the torture procedures would have still occured.
5.) Without a doubt, it weakens her essay. She completely failed to mention Tokyo Rose, the radio personality who played American music, and stated how the American's cause in WWII in the Pacific would ultimately fail, nor does she mention German and Russian propaganda.