Posted on 05/03/2011 8:31:07 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Leaders of the Onondaga Nation blasted as “reprehensible” the assigning of the world’s most wanted terrorist “Geronimo” as a codename.
Bin Laden was killed during an attack on his compound in Pakistan Sunday. “We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio to the White House. Later, word came that “Geronimo” was dead.
“Think of the outcry if they had used any other ethnic group’s hero,” the Onondaga Council of Chiefs said in a release Tuesday. “Geronimo bravely and heroically defended his homeland and his people, eventually surrendering and living out the rest of his days peacefully, if in captivity,” the chiefs noted.
“Geronimo is arguably the most recognized Native American name in the world,” the chiefs said, “and this comparison only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes about our people.”
Geronimo was an Apache leader who fought Mexican and U.S. forces before surrendering to U.S. authorities in 1886. He died in 1909.
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Go f**k yourself, Chief.
I am with them, the code name should have been Guevara./sarc
And if they code-named him “STEVE” - I would be offended.
I’ve always associated it with jumping out of an airplane, but maybe I’ve watched too much Bug’s Bunny...Or was it the Roadrunner? Either way, Geronimo was honorable.
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There is no perfect world. Yet. I can’t answer your question. But I don’t blame Geronimo. I think his personality and belief made him think he could win or die trying. You can’t blame him for the affects of his effort.
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Almost an Original Geronimo
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Macaca would have been more appropriate.
And we did kick their ass repeatedly.
Well other than the Custer thing.
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In an administration obsessed with racism and multicultural sensitivity this was tone deaf stupidity!
Bush would've been criticized, why let Obama off the hook?
betcha not 1 in 100 freepers know the REAL history of Geronimo - or even his real name - Goyathlay
“We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio to the White House. Later, word came that “Geronimo” was dead.
"We've (identified) Osama." "Osama" was dead.
Osama = Geronimo.
Don't defend Obama's gaffe.
As did Native Americans in WW11 and Korea and Viet Nam. You won't find any peoples more patriotic...altho' one could wonder why.
Like every ethnicity they have their strengths and weaknesses. I don’t know of any modern ethnicity that I would say I’m proud of right now. We’re all divided so far that any that are good are out-numbered.
What connection the Onondaga “nation” had or has with Geronimo is pretty slim.
Now if they had used the code name “George Thomas” it would be a different story.
Ironically, Geronimo was bulletproof.
That’s a fact: you can google it.
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