U.S. Names Mideast Military Effort ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’

Wall Street Journal ^ | 10/16/2014 | Julian E. Barnes

[VRWCmember]

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has picked a name for its military effort against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria: Operation Inherent Resolve. ....

Despite the initial reaction at the Pentagon, military officials said that Central Command pressed to adopt Operation Inherent Resolve as the moniker. Additionally, some officials thought that a mundane name also would be a safe choice, unlikely to offend any member of the international coalition the U.S. has assembled to strike extremist targets.

[VRWCmember]

Perhaps "Operation JV Team" would have been a more appropriate name.

[FreedomStar3028]

WTF does this even mean?

Why can’t we just have “Operation: Modern Crusades”, and win before the real war even begins?

[vitaman]

Perhaps “Operation Hey isn’t that my old Humvee” might also fit.

[YourAdHere]

Well if it has a name then he must be serious.

[b4its2late]

“Incoherent Resolve” is more descriptive.

[Obadiah]

I think they should name it, Operation “Risky Business” with Obama as Joel sliding across the floor in his underwear.

[Reno89519]

Where there’s a stick in Obama’s eye as he surely doesn’t have any resolve.

[USS Alaska]

The white hut didn't name this operation until the late nite comics started to mock them.

Danielle Letterwymen, of seeBS, named it "operation-hillary's problem" last week.

Too funny.

[VRWCmember]

Why can’t we just have “Operation: Modern Crusades”, and win before the real war even begins?

I kind of like "Operation Melting Glass"

[Celtic Conservative]

“operation incoherent resolve”
“operation intermittent resolve”
“operation imminent dissolve”
“operation we’re not really involved”
“operation-shh, don’t disract my golf!”

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[VRWCmember]

I think you’re onto something. They actually just misspelled the name by omitting the “co” but just decided to stay with that version.

[forgotten man]

Operation Indifferent Response

[Eric in the Ozarks]

“Operation Sand wedge.”

[reagandemocrat]

Inherent Remorse

[WayneS]

Operation Perpetual Prevarication.

[fini]

"Perhaps “Operation Hey isn’t that my old Humvee” might also fit."

Now that's funny!

[tumblindice]

Obama’s Ebola boys already took `Operation Get Down With The Sickness’.

[WayneS]

Interminable Wavering

[PTBAA]

How about Ineffective Response?

[b4its2late]

That too.