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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:08 PM Original message |
The code name "Geronimo" referred to the mission's success. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Geronimo EKIA, to be exact. n/t |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R. Facts are good...nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. But why? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think we need to send all of our military leaders and assasins to some sensitivity training!!! |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. NATO, too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I seem to remember (I think) the paratroopers |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The use of the name Geronimo in the military goes back to the first Parachute Test Platoon in WWII |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Well, I was in the ballpark. I went |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The paratrooper's yell reportedly was inspired by the 1939 movie, 'Geronimo' |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Great bit of its historical use. And this operation depended on a quick, successful "drop" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. The version of 'The Dambusters' shown on TV these days has the dog's name changed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Ha - a guy I used to work with said he learned all of his ethnic slurs |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Geronimo was a brave and fearless leader. Why smear his name with |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. obama the fucking coward sending the seals? because the mission codename |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. i think, and hope, they meant OBL was the cowards who sent others to kill ppl. but on DU, you never |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. a purposeful lie is being perpetuated. people who know better are doing threads |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. K & R |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. I thought Obama named OBL "Geronimo" just so he could piss off Native Americans |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. interesting -- that's the third different explanation I've heard |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Third today, I agree. Although this is from yesterday's Today Show. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. wasn't there confusion before? I heard both of the first two explanations on Monday |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Could be. I've been in and out. |
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