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The Official Name For The War On ISIS Was Rejected 2 Weeks Ago
Business Insider ^ | Oct. 15, 2014, | Jeremy Bender

Posted on 10/16/2014 2:13:57 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse

"It's just kind of bleh," an unnamed military officer told The Journal. An unnamed senior official further said the name was merely a placeholder that had never been considered to be the actual name for the overall operation.

The initial failure of the name of the operation was multifaceted. For some officers, Inherent Resolve failed to evoke the sense of the Middle East. Other officers rejected the name on the grounds that it failed to capture the sense of the international coalition that had joined the US in operations.

Military operations have been named by the US military since at least World War II. The lack of a name for the operations in Syria and Iraq had come as a break with 70 years of military tradition.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: is; isis; opname
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This Administration cares absolutely nothing for or about U.S. Military tradition
1 posted on 10/16/2014 2:13:58 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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This Administration wants to destroy our military.


2 posted on 10/16/2014 2:15:23 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Operation “Sandy Butte.”


3 posted on 10/16/2014 2:18:08 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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The initial failure of the name of the operation was multifaceted. For some officers, Inherent Resolve failed to evoke the sense of the Middle East.

 

Obama is a lying SOS. His very failure to even identify the Islamic State as Islamic is but one of many mistakes.

Therefore; Operation Inherent Failure is now the name of the game in Obammie's so called war on ISIS..

4 posted on 10/16/2014 2:18:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Operation #Hashtag. With General Tweets as CO.


5 posted on 10/16/2014 2:19:58 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: N. Theknow

Should be Operation Squash Roaches


6 posted on 10/16/2014 2:22:01 PM PDT by refermech
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To: LeoWindhorse

How about “Insipid Response”? They could keep the same initials.


7 posted on 10/16/2014 2:23:50 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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I kinda have a hankering for Operation Pound Sand.
8 posted on 10/16/2014 2:26:54 PM PDT by woofer
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How about:
Incoherent Revolve
9 posted on 10/16/2014 2:31:35 PM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“Operation Fool The Suckers One More Time”


10 posted on 10/16/2014 2:32:49 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Operation “Wag the Gerbil”


11 posted on 10/16/2014 2:34:12 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: LeoWindhorse

Operation Fake Fight


12 posted on 10/16/2014 2:41:08 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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Inherent,,, meaning its not Øbamas fault,, he only inherited all these problems...
pathetic


13 posted on 10/16/2014 2:54:56 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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Operation Wag the Dog


14 posted on 10/16/2014 3:06:41 PM PDT by tired&retired
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Are you sure they didn’t name it “inherited resolve”? As inherited from Bush? Isn’t that what they usually claim? And what exactly do they mean by inherent resolve, it sounds contradictory to me


15 posted on 10/16/2014 3:38:19 PM PDT by This I Wonder32460
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To: LeoWindhorse

Operation Turn Up for What


16 posted on 10/16/2014 3:39:46 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: refermech

Operation We’re Gonna Need Some More Virgins


17 posted on 10/16/2014 3:41:39 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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OPERATION CLUELESS


18 posted on 10/16/2014 3:43:05 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Just call it KTS. Kill The Savages. Done.


19 posted on 10/16/2014 4:25:23 PM PDT by EDINVA
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You wonder who the PERSON was that came up with this...it wasn’t a military person. Bet it was Valerie.


20 posted on 10/16/2014 4:27:21 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$)
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