[Boris99]

The state-run media, by not referring to them as US military, is also seeking to divert attention to that fact, to cover Obammie the Commie’s bony ass.

I think it is also the left's attempt to portray our troops as nothing special by lumping them into one world "NATO" forces, rather than I.D. them as US troops.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Undoubtedly.