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"regrettable excesses"? "over-reaction"? "judgment error"? It's pretty much the same words that governments and corporations in general use.
Sometimes the word "mistake" itself can be used, but only to describe a situation in which something was done wrong in a vacuum, with no particular person or group responsible. The phrase for that was first used in the Reagan era - "Mistakes were made." - in which it was admitted that mistakes were made, just that there hadn't actually been any person who had done anything wrong while that happened.
It is permissable for the military, or government, to refer to mistakes of the past. Typically 25 years must have gone by, and all the persons involved dead or too old to prosecute. Then one can admit the truth of what those called "conspiracy theorists" at the time had claimed all along.
When defining words in the military, one must be careful to know which military is being spoke of. If a given action - say the wholesale bombing of civilians - takes place, then this is "terrorism" if it is a foreign military or para-military power. If it is a military of our own, or of an ally, it is "collateral damage".
Note that out of respect for all military forces, even our enemies are not said to have made "mistakes". In the case of a foreign military force, all that they do are deliberate acts of pre-meditated cruelty, but certainly not "mistakes". And in the case of we and our allies, there are only such sorrowful things as "war's necessities", but never "mistakes".
My Father served in WWII and Korea. The answers is simple. SNAFU: situation normal all f...ked up.
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Saxon word list?
What was a saxons mistake ?
What is another word for mistake in science terms?
Error
Which big country was named by mistake after the Native American word for village?
Canada
Hitler's first military mistake in World War 2?
Not really Hitlers mistake, but the Luftwaffe's. When a squadron of Heinkels got lost one night over Britain and bombed civilians, that was pretty much the beginning of the end.
What word means having to do with an army?
Military
What is another word for mistake?
Error,Mishap
Can you make a sentenc with the word mistake?
Here: You made a mistake spelling the word "sentence."
Is the word mistake a concrete or abstract noun?
The word mistake is an abstract noun, a word for an error in action or judgement.
How do you say 'mistake' in Latin?
The Latin word for mistake is error
Another word for mistake 3 letters?
mistake=err
What is a word that means To make a mistake?
I guess it can be error? An error is the mistake, to make a mistake is to err.
What is the spelling mistak in that thing?
The spelling mistake in that sentence is in the word "mistake".
How can use the word mistake in a sentence?
It was a mistake to ask your grandmother her age.
In grammar how can you make mistake using the word his?
The word his can only be maid a grammar mistake if spelled wrong or capitalized
What is the word for revealing his innermost intentions by mistake?
The word for revealing one's innermost intentions by mistake is "inadvertently."
Is the word hear a present tense word?
no mistake
What was Hitler's largest military mistake?
Going to war with Great Britain!
