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“New” name for Iraq War another embarrassing moment for Obama appointee
Flopping Aces ^ | 02-18-10 | Mataharley

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...


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1 posted on 02/18/2010 6:29:51 PM PST by Starman417
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To: Starman417

Red Dawn?


2 posted on 02/18/2010 6:30:52 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: icwhatudo
The surge has failed. The war is lost. <--- Jack@ss


3 posted on 02/18/2010 6:34:38 PM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012...)
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To: icwhatudo

4 posted on 02/18/2010 6:35:19 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: Starman417
It may as well be "Tony Orlando & Dawn" if the Obama administration is running it.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

5 posted on 02/18/2010 6:36:07 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Nachum

Ping


6 posted on 02/18/2010 6:36:09 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Starman417
I know Obama loves symbolic images. How about borrowing the Rising Sun flag to represent this New Dawn?

He could paste his mug in the middle, the way he usually does. I'm not a photoshopper, or I'd do it myself.

7 posted on 02/18/2010 6:36:17 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: icwhatudo

“synchronize strategic communication initiatives” ??? How can an educated man sound so full of s**t?


8 posted on 02/18/2010 6:36:41 PM PST by healy61
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To: Starman417

Operation “That Unpleasantness Over There”?


9 posted on 02/18/2010 6:36:47 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Starman417

LOL - Obama has consistently surrounded himself with incompetent idiots and boobs. Gates is no exception.


10 posted on 02/18/2010 6:37:32 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Starman417

How about..... Obama’s Mystical Magical Adventure Oh My.

Or............. Stolen Honor.


11 posted on 02/18/2010 6:38:47 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First FAILED "light skinned African American [Pres-dent] with no Negro dialect..")
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To: Cicero

I like it. The stripes in the Obama logo could morph into the rays.


12 posted on 02/18/2010 6:40:19 PM PST by giotto
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To: Starman417

Somebody needs to show Gates “the gate”.

What a politically compromised whimp.


13 posted on 02/18/2010 6:42:32 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Starman417
"Asian Dawn?"

"I read about them in Time Magazine."

14 posted on 02/18/2010 6:43:15 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Cicero

“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.


15 posted on 02/18/2010 6:44:42 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Joe 6-pack

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”.


16 posted on 02/18/2010 6:46:28 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Yes. In fact “New Dawn” has been a favorite of various Communist groups.


17 posted on 02/18/2010 6:47:43 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

By Grabthar’s Hammer you shall be avenged.


18 posted on 02/18/2010 6:53:57 PM PST by AceMineral (Manos? Hands of Fate.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
He wasn’t bad in “Galaxy Quest”

A very underappreciated movie.

19 posted on 02/18/2010 6:57:40 PM PST by Defiant (A condition for public office should be that you have been excellent in the real world.)
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To: AceMineral

Actually this is creep, and has links to the occult.


20 posted on 02/18/2010 6:57:48 PM PST by Sophia777
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