This latest bit of absurdity-
A roadside bomb killed a U.S. service member on foot patrol Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan as part of a mission to fight a growing Islamic State affiliate, the U.S.-led coalition announced.
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said the service member died in a “combat situation,” but refused to call it combat when asked by Fox News.
“….it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. … Alice was too much puzzled to say anything; so after a minute Humpty … ”
We are living ALICE IN WONDERLAND.