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Originally Posted by Whaler17
These have more to do with motivating and encouraging the troops than they do with garnering popular public support. Think about it, how many of those operation names were common public knowledge prior to Desert Storm? the fact that there was a pattern evident before Desert Storm shows that these names are not aimed at the public.
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I don't care who they are aimed at.
They are downplaying the situation. Saying, "Look we are doing something noble."
Government is contradictory. In some instances, they play up the fear card like nobody else can. In other instances, they are like mommies to two year olds trying to downplay instances that are cause for alarm (like the economy).
Kind of like how half the commercials on television are weight loss commercials and the other half are fast food commercials.