Newt Gingrich just said the war is phony.
When Gingrich used the term "phony war" he was referring to the six-month period in 1940 after Germany declared war on France but did not attack. Hitler sat there and watched the Allies shore up the Maginot Line, meanwhile preparing his attack in a totally different place.
Gingrich should not have used a historical reference that the anchorwomen and liberal arts academics who set Democrat national policy would not understand.