Definitions by El Lobo
Boots on the ground
Grunts, infantry. A military cliche' which uses four words as a euphemism for "gound troops". It is a politically useful, 1984-style cliche' since boots do not bleed and die nor kill people, children, civilians. Media people like this rif because it makes them sound like military strategists.
Boots-on-the-ground is the kind of thinking that got wrong Viet Nam where sandals from tunnels stomped the boots on the ground.
Boots-on-the-ground is the kind of thinking that got wrong Viet Nam where sandals from tunnels stomped the boots on the ground.
Chuck Cliche', "We should put boots on the ground in the South China Sea".
Straight-Talk Stela, "You don't hear me suggesting my daughter the soldier put her boot on your mouth."
Straight-Talk Stela, "You don't hear me suggesting my daughter the soldier put her boot on your mouth."
Boots on the ground by El Lobo January 5, 2017