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Originally Posted by Whaler17
I guess you do not consider protecting our nation's intyerests noble. If that is the case, I am wasting my time conversing with you.
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None of those things I mentioned are national security or our freedoms infringed upon or imminent threats. So not national interests.
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Originally Posted by Whaler17
So you think the public somehow misses the part where Operation Iraqi Freedom involves a war in Iraq? The operation names are helpful for troop motivation etc. Nobody cares if there is some small frings group that dislikes the procedure. If it benefits the troops, it stays regardless of the endless inane philosophical discussions of the merit of the naming process.
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No, it just makes it seem like we give a crap about the Iraqis freedom.
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Originally Posted by Herkdriver
Fallujah~ Operation Phantom Fury
Baghdad~ Operation Spartan Scorpion
Thawra~ Operation Scorpion Sting
Baghdad (again)~ Operation Iron Bullet
Bayji and Samarra ~ Operation Ivy Serpent
Baghdad (again)~ Operation Ivy Needle
Northern Iraq~ Operation Eagle Curtain
Counterinsurgency~ Operation All American Tiger
Al Qaim~ Operation Rifles Blitz
Euphrates river (East)~ Operation Pit Bull
I could continue if you'd like. This is all a matter of public record. You should know this stuff right? Aren't you the expert on the Iraq War?
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Of course there are some aggressive sounding names put on some our interventions.
What is your point?