George Bush committed an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq.
(Author shakes head knowingly.)
Apparently, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki will combine these troops with 90,000 Iraqi troops in Operation Imposing Law.
(Author disturbed by egregious lack of focus-grouping in military naming conventions; calls on PR firms, Madison Avenue, and anyone with a third grade education to alert military to the mildly ironic acronym.)
I expect we've all heard the rumors that the whole invasion was originally to be codenamed "Operation Iraqi Liberation." Apparently, in 2003 the military did go ahead with an Operation Ivy Lightning. And though the military shied away from the (purported) earlier name, that didn't stop the honorable gentleman from Kentucky.
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