Pentagon drops 'Faithful Patriot' moniker for Mexico border mission

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would no longer refer to a mission to send thousands of troops to the U.S. border with Mexico as "Operation Faithful Patriot," a name critics saw as having political overtones.

"We are no longer calling it by the name Operation Faithful Patriot," said Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. He said the Pentagon would, instead, say the mission was in support of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but he did not give a reason for the name change.

There are more than 7,000 active-duty U.S troops near the border with Mexico.

Several groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, had accused President Donald Trump of politicizing the military ahead of Tuesday's midterm congressional elections.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-drops-faithful-patriot-moniker-for-mexico-border-mission/ar-BBPs1PI?li=BBnbcA1

[guillaumeb]

1. My suggestion: "Operation fear mongering and deflecting from Trump's criminality" eom

[brewens]

2. I thought it was Operation Faithful Eagle Freedom Boner? Or maybe Colbert said that

one was rejected?

[dameatball]

3. Call me a Geezer but does the term "Operational Patriot' sound kind of Maoist? Pol Pot?

Anyway, I am not equating our armed forces to those war criminals, but glad they dropped the moniker.

Now....let us see if actions peak larger than words.

[Zambero]

4. Operation Fake Squirrel

Now that midterm unhinged MAGA rally season is officially over.