Operation Inherent Resolve?

"President Obama met with twenty military chiefs of Allies at the White House Tuesday to devise a strategy to defeat ISIS. The terrorist army captured three more towns in Iraq this week and they have declared themselves the Islamic State. Their national bird is a hand gesture." Argus Hamilton

 

American Thinker  " ....I’m an old combat infantryman who has no problem with an enemy who hates me with a deadly determination to destroy me.  But I swear to all of you out there, I cannot support a commander in chief and his politically correct administration who subject our nation in general and our military in particular to this sort of international ridicule.

"I do believe I am inherently resolved to oppose these silly Democrat fools who profess to lead us.

"Thomas Lifson adds: "Resolve" cannot by its nature be "inherent." Resolve is an act of will. The phrase is self-contradictory. " ... More

Analyzing ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’  ... "The choice–”Operation Inherent Resolve”–has both a loneliness and a longness about it, and even a sadness. It reflects both the dashed hopes of the past and the distance anticipated before future gains. It doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence either. Indeed, it almost sounds despondent.

"Operation Inherent Resolve also stands in stark contrast to the more optimistic names of the past three U.S. wars in the Middle East and south Asia: In 1991, the United States launched the robust-sounding Operation Desert Storm to oust Iraq from little Kuwait. Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, launched in 2001, had an idealistic ring to it, especially as a response to the 9/11 attacks. In 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom was supposed to signal the creation of a new democracy after the toppling of a notorious dictator.

"All three of those operations were messier and longer than anticipated. They also had unintended consequences that deferred or muddied straightforward U.S. goals. The military moniker for this newest battle reflects those realities." ...

 

Syria-Iraq fight gets a name: 'Inherent Resolve'  "Inherently bland."