Posted on 02/18/2010 6:29:51 PM PST by Starman417
Jake Tapper strikes again with his breaking blog news on the Obama admin "renaming" the Iraq war as of Sept 2010.
In an effort to put a fresh face on a much maligned, but success Bush admin operation, Sec'y of Defense Robert Gates sent a memo to the CiC Obama yesterday, requesting a name change for US and/or coalition forces in Iraq starting Sept 1st of this year.
The whoopdedoo proposition? Change Iraqe Freedom to Operation "New Dawn".
From Tapper:
Gates writes that by changing the name at the same time as the change of mission -- the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. combat troops -- the US is sending "a strong signal that Operation IRAQI FREEDOM has ended and our forces are operating under a new mission."The move, Gates writes, "also presents opportunities to synchronize strategic communication initiatives, reinforce our commitment to honor the Security Agreement, and recognize our evolving relationship with the Government of Iraq."
This can only be another in a series of embarrassments for Obama and his choice of appointees. Operation New Dawn is the name used for the original Battle for Fallujah in 2004. Where has Gates been?
To make the faux pas even more obvious, there have been four such operations... as of April 2009. That means that the most recent "Operation New Dawn" in Fallujah happened while Gates held his current position.
Read more at floppingaces.net...
Red Dawn?
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Ping
He could paste his mug in the middle, the way he usually does. I'm not a photoshopper, or I'd do it myself.
“synchronize strategic communication initiatives” ??? How can an educated man sound so full of s**t?
Operation “That Unpleasantness Over There”?
LOL - Obama has consistently surrounded himself with incompetent idiots and boobs. Gates is no exception.
How about..... Obama’s Mystical Magical Adventure Oh My.
Or............. Stolen Honor.
I like it. The stripes in the Obama logo could morph into the rays.
Somebody needs to show Gates “the gate”.
What a politically compromised whimp.
“New Dawn” was the publication of a domestic terrorist group in the 70’s/80’s, something like the New World Liberation Front. Based in California. Wiped out in California. Weathermen affinity group in ideology and methods.
Re Alan Rickman and “Asian Dawn”. Great lines from a great movie.
Too bad Rickman is a flaming leftist prick and very anti-American though he makes most of his money in American movies.
Perhaps a camera hit him in the head too many times.
PS: He wasn’t bad in “Galaxy Quest”.
Yes. In fact “New Dawn” has been a favorite of various Communist groups.
By Grabthar’s Hammer you shall be avenged.
A very underappreciated movie.
Actually this is creep, and has links to the occult.
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