[soulofmischief]

I say ACA, Obamacare is politically charged. And the cases you've mentioned all shorten a long name into a colloquial name. This is not the case for Department of War/Defense.

That said, let's call it what it is... it's a war machine. Just as we should refer to Israeli Occupation Forces and not "Defense" forces, since genocidal occupation is just about the furthest thing from defense.

[fnordpiglet]

I’ll always remember the turn around phrase that was a Yankee Doodle dandy moment “Obamacare because Obama cares”

It’s not a war machine, it’s a pork processing system for Congress.