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I had to look this up, that is... wow. Department of Defense to Department of War. I suppose it makes sense with how this crop of reactionaries functions; part of their shtick is that "political correctness" language is bad, so I could see them viewing Defense as unnecessarily hiding the true function of the department. Like toxic masculinity thing? Obsession with projecting strength. I mean, there are political contexts in which projecting strength makes sense, but this is effectively a "quiet part out loud" thing. Yes, maybe the country that keeps waging war for decades should call its "Department of Defense" a "Department of War", but it sounds like something anti-war advocates would come up with when venting about how awful things are, not something you'd ever expect the government to do for real.
Like imagine if israel renamed the IDF to the "commit genocide force". Perhaps Trump could put a word in their ear? The added honesty would be nice.