waterboarding – noun (reprise)

Baptism for the recalcitrant.

war president – noun

1. President. The president under the aspect of his most basic constitutional role. (See U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2).

2. A president who seeks to boost his approval ratings, power, and/or historical legacy.

3. A unpopular president.

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign-policy matters with war on my mind. Again, I wish it wasn't true, but it is true. And the American people need to know they got a president who sees the world the way it is. And I see dangers that exist, and it's important for us to deal with them.

withdrawal - noun

Military An early pullout to avoid the potential long-term consequences of wargasm.

wartime supplemental – noun

An episode of Congressional recidivism.

COMMENT: Thanks to Chad Grine.

WMD – noun

Abbr. "weapon of mass destruction." A random, innocuous object (e.g. household chemical, aluminum tube, or metal cannister) whose possession by a hostile country is cited as justification for a preemptive attack bringing mass destruction.

whistleblower – noun

Member of the political opposition who infiltrates a governmental agency to publicize a faux scandal.

waterboard – verb

To save a captured suspect from drowning as a way of building rapport.

war czar – noun

A governmental official charged with the responsibility of being a public scapegoat for a poorly managed war.

COMMENT: Article II, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution allows the President to name "czars" to accept blame for failed policies (e.g. Drug Czar, Education Czar, Housing Czar, etc.)

NOTE: The White House is now hiring.