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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Anti ISIS campaign has a name "Inherent Resolve"
2014-10-16
Two months after American bombs and missiles began pounding fighters of the so-called Islamic State, President Barack Obama’s undeclared war in Iraq and Syria finally has a name: Operation Inherent Resolve.

The Wall Street Journal had reported on Oct. 3 that the name had been considered and rejected, with one unnamed military officer saying “it is just kind of bleh.”

The long search for a name had sparked a flurry of jokes on Twitter, where one leading tongue-in-cheek suggestion was that it be called “Operation Hey Wasn’t That My Humvee” – a reference to U.S. airstrikes hitting Islamic State fighters using American equipment captured from Iraqi troops.
Posted by:lord garth

#11  It should be named "Inherent neglect"
Posted by: newc   2014-10-16 22:54  

#10  I'd go with that...
Posted by: Pappy   2014-10-16 16:13  

#9  "Operation It's Bush's Fault"

Ding-ding-ding! I think we have a winnah!
Posted by: Barbara   2014-10-16 14:40  

#8  Operation Profound Ambivalence
Operation Multifaceted Nuance
Operation It's Bush's Fault
Operation Faculty Lounge
Posted by: Matt   2014-10-16 14:05  

#7  "Publicity Stunt"
Posted by: Bobby   2014-10-16 13:46  

#6  Geez, glad we got that part taken care of. And here I was trying to crack the Turkish chess board.

Irreverent Absolve.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-10-16 12:28  

#5  Nice tats though.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-10-16 11:44  

#4  I'd go with Operation Inherent Incompetence.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-10-16 10:46  

#3  "Let's Move" was already taken
Posted by: Frank G   2014-10-16 10:40  

#2  As long as they didn't give an actual descriptive name, like 'Redundant Confusion'.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-10-16 08:35  

#1  Members of a massive Dutch motorcycle gang, armed with Kalashnikov rifles, recently joined Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State in Iraq, vowing to “exterminate the rodents.”

The leader of No Surrender -- which has dozens of chapters in the Netherlands and across Europe -- told state broadcaster NOS on Friday that three of its members have traveled to Mosul in Northern Iraq to take up the fight against ISIS, AFP reports.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-10-16 00:15  

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