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'Protectorate', would probably be the preferred historical euphemism.
by ktizo 15y ago
'Protectorate', would probably be the preferred historical euphemism.
- mindslight 15y ago'Colony' is more of a known term to me (which may be hypothetically different, but not in current actuality), but okay.. according to la Wik, "Colonial Protectorate". (ps, my whole point is really anti-euphemistic)
- ktizo 15y agoI would say that 'colony' would also be euphemistic in this case, but it is hard to be literally descriptive about a cynical attempt to control territory under the guise of externally instituting a democracy (how do you externally institute a democracy anyway?), without offending someone. 'The Great Game' would probably be the classic euphemism for the ongoing Afghani affair, since that is what it has been called since the days of Rudyard Kipling.