Government glossary

Helpful definitions when translating government speak: 

1) Those who support normal trade and diplomatic relations with all countries, and oppose bombing them and fueling their civil wars are "isolationists".

2) Those who believe it is necessary to blow up innocents with U.S. missiles are "humanitarians".

3) The main U.S. ally against the Syrian government is "the rebels", a.k.a. al Qaeda (previously U.S. enemy in the War on Terror, and prior to that U.S. ally against the Soviets)