Is it just me or is this plain silly?

abcnews.go.com

A Republican Jewish group is demanding an apology from senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod after he referred to Mitt Romney’s ad campaign in Illinois as “the Mittzkrieg.”

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The Republican Jewish Coalition condemned the comparison of Romney’s effort to the blitzkrieg as casual and inappropriate use of Nazi imagery and demanded an apology.

Axelrod is himself Jewish.

“At a time when there is so much talk about the need for civility in political discourse, it is disturbing to see President Obama’s top campaign adviser casually throw Nazi imagery around in reference to a Republican candidate for president,” the group said in a statement. “Holocaust and Nazi imagery are always inappropriate in the political arena. Axelrod should apologize for his offensive language.”

Romney campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom circulated the RJC statement, saying the group “slaps @davidaxelrod for ‘Mittzkrieg comment, saying ‘Holocaust and Nazi imagery’ inappropriate.”

Here are the Axelrod tweets:

With a 7-to-1 spending edge, hard to see Mitt not rolling in IL tomorrow. You can’t turn on the TV without seeing 2 or 3 neg ads on Santo.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 19, 2012

The Mittzkrieg in Illinois isn’t terribly inspiring, so turnout may lag. But the sheer volume probably has been grindingly effective.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 19, 2012

I mean is the NFL trading in “Holocaust and Nazi imagery” by continuing to call a particular football play Blitzing? Was ESPN News doing the same with their show The Blitz? Maybe I’m missing something here, but I had always thought it was just another of the many military terms that have become common in modern English, and not something people take offence at.