interesting choice of words
From an article about Clinton's visit to Japan, her first call as SecState:
>>Last week, she had warned North Korea against any "provocative action and unhelpful rhetoric" amid signs the Stalinist nation was preparing to test fire a missile capable of reaching the western United States.<<
(full article here: http://news.aol.com/article/clinton-warns-north-korea-during-tokyo/344690?cid=12)
Excuse me? "Stalinist nation"??
We rarely called communist or socialist countries that even at the height of the Cold War.
What an odd construction.
Semiotics at work. Not as overly condemning (to American readers) as saying "communist", but still clearly labeling the same.
I must pay closer attention to if/how our rhetoric regarding North Korea is shifting in the media.
Very interesting.