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Operation Geronimo - dishonors the Indian leader???
LA Times ^
| May 10, 2011
| Karl Jacoby
Posted on 05/10/2011 9:00:00 AM PDT by CharlyFord
"Geronimoekia." With this coded message, sent on May 1, a U.S. Navy SEALs commando squad signaled the death of Osama bin Laden, the "enemy killed in action." The mission was pulled off without a hitch, but in the week since then, debate has raged in some circles about the code name.
The administration hasn't explained why the operation targeting Bin Laden used the name of one of the nation's best-known Native Americans, saying the selection process of names for such missions is confidential. But the use of Geronimo's name speaks to the powerful, if unexamined, hold that the nation's "Indian wars" continue to have on our popular consciousness.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binladen; geronimo; politicallycorrect
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To: muir_redwoods
El Correcto Mundo!
Goyathlay: The Yawner
Geronimo: Jerome
The story I heard is the Mexican soldiers were heard praying to St. Jerome to save them. Anglos hearing them cry out to Geronimo thought that was Goyathlay’s name.
Geronimo stuck, Goyathlay was lost in history.
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posted on
05/10/2011 10:07:03 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
To: CharlyFord
The way it was first reported, Geronimo was the code name for Bin Laden. It was not the name of the “operation”. But, heck, all the other details have changed almost daily for a week, so who really knows?
But it seems like a good match as Geronimo was basically a terrorist who was pursued for years by the U.S. and the Mexicans before his capture. They didn’t spend all that time and effort chasing Geronimo for his autograph.
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posted on
05/10/2011 10:11:35 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: albie
“what circles!?”
Race hustling circles.
To: Americanexpat
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posted on
05/10/2011 10:47:01 AM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: CharlyFord
kinda makes me wish the Seals had all worn North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey sweaters...
To: CharlyFord
Actually, Goyathlay was pursued by the U.S. Army for approximately 5 years before he agreed to turn himself in. He surrendered himself without being surrounded or even close to being found. Otherwise it may have taken ten years to capture or kill him.
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posted on
05/11/2011 8:58:38 PM PDT
by
mulder1
("The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.")
To: CharlyFord
Actually, Goyathlay was pursued by the U.S. Army for approximately 5 years before he agreed to turn himself in. He surrendered himself without being surrounded or even close to being found. Otherwise it may have taken ten years to capture or kill him.
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posted on
05/11/2011 8:58:47 PM PDT
by
mulder1
("The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.")
To: CharlyFord
Actually, Goyathlay was pursued by the U.S. Army for approximately 5 years before he agreed to turn himself in. He surrendered himself without being surrounded or even close to being found. Otherwise it may have taken ten years to capture or kill him.
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posted on
05/11/2011 8:58:57 PM PDT
by
mulder1
("The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.")
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