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Finally, a Name for ISIS Strikes: Operation Inherent Resolve
New York Times ^ | 10/16/2014

Posted on 10/16/2014 11:14:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has come up with a name for the American military strikes against the Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve.

For two months, Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon’s press secretary, has been batting down queries from reporters about the refusal to name the operation.

After all, the reasoning went, the military loves naming operations: Desert Shield (Kuwait); Desert Storm (Iraq, the first time); Iraqi Freedom (Iraq, the second time).

So at long last, there is now a name for Iraq (the third time) and Syria, announced on Wednesday by the United States Central Command in a news release.

“The name Inherent Resolve is intended to reflect the unwavering resolve and deep commitment of the U.S. and partner nations in the region and around the globe to eliminate the terrorist group ISIL and the threat they pose to Iraq, the region and the wider international community,” the statement said, referring to the Islamic State.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; inherentresolve; isil; isis; operation; syria
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1 posted on 10/16/2014 11:14:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

WOB? Waste of bombs?


2 posted on 10/16/2014 11:17:14 AM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Who thought of this one? Pajama Boy?


3 posted on 10/16/2014 11:18:22 AM PDT by pastorbillrandles (The choice isn't heaven or Hell. its heaven or the world)
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To: SeekAndFind

Operation Inherent Caliphate.


4 posted on 10/16/2014 11:18:57 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind
Operation Inherent Resolve.

Who would remember that?!

5 posted on 10/16/2014 11:20:26 AM PDT by odds
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To: SeekAndFind

I think a more accurate name would be: Operation Incoherent Resolve.


6 posted on 10/16/2014 11:21:28 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: odds

Resolve to do what?

What is this, a New Year’s resolution? :)


7 posted on 10/16/2014 11:23:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What’s the name for the Marines sent to fight Ebola? “Operation OBOLA is an a%#clown”?


8 posted on 10/16/2014 11:23:51 AM PDT by stillfree? (Tagline? We don't need no stinking taglines!)
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To: SeekAndFind

More like Obama Ignoring Reality.


9 posted on 10/16/2014 11:24:10 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: SeekAndFind

oh don’t get me started, watch Rasputin, Mother Russia! old song, so funny! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg


10 posted on 10/16/2014 11:25:36 AM PDT by odds
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To: SeekAndFind

Operation Inherent Remorse


11 posted on 10/16/2014 11:26:02 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: odds
Operation Inherent Resolve

It does have that sensitive, progressive, penumbra tone about it ay?

12 posted on 10/16/2014 11:28:07 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: SeekAndFind

More true to what has really happened the ineffective military strikes on ISIS : Operation Impotence


13 posted on 10/16/2014 11:28:39 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: tflabo

Can’t argue with that! :)


14 posted on 10/16/2014 11:29:40 AM PDT by odds
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To: SeekAndFind

bamy think that up hisself?


15 posted on 10/16/2014 11:31:06 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: SeekAndFind

As I’ve often said in regard to football, “Romo” is a great name, as long as you’re winning.


16 posted on 10/16/2014 11:31:30 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Operation Inherent Operations.

I’ll bet the JV is scared of our PhD’s naming systems. Sticks and stones will break their bones, but names…

Or, do they need a name for the patch to be worn by America’s finest?


17 posted on 10/16/2014 11:31:57 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: SeekAndFind

I prefer Operation FUBAR, it’s a code name that can be applied safely to the entire obama residency.


18 posted on 10/16/2014 11:32:09 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Randomly generated military operation names

Operation Piercing Cougar
Operation Unleashed Cheetah
Operation Irreversible Butterfly
Operation Punctured Manticore
Operation Selfish Iguana
Operation Narcoleptic Jury
Operation Profitable Loudmouth
Operation Cruel Mongoose
Operation Hot Jungle Cat
Operation Everlasting Bear
Operation Spitting Wombat
Operation Merciful Pouched Mole
Operation Regretless Necktie
Operation Overpriced Lance
Operation Parched Gecko
Operation Grab Your Ankles and Prepare for Our Snake
Operation Brave Congress
Operation Equalizing Wizard
Operation Wraithlike Dragonfly
Operation Locked-and-loaded Anaconda

Winner: Operation Raging Queen


19 posted on 10/16/2014 11:34:05 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It sounds like two intersecting clues in today’s NYT crossword puzzle.


20 posted on 10/16/2014 11:35:54 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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