>Eh? When I heard that the raid had gone by the code name "Operation Geronimo", I assumed >it something to do with the fact that "Geronimo" is a word that people yell when they make a >big jump ... so I assumed it was referring to the Navy SEALs jumping into action, *not* to >Osama bin Laden.
Yeah, that's what I presumed as well.
>BTW, does anyone know how Geronimo's name became the word that people yell when >jumping in the first place?
No idea.
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> http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/05/use-of-geronimo-codename-in-bin-laden-operation-stirs-american-indian-backlash/1
> . Fort Still Apache Tribal Chairman Jeff Houser wrote to President > Obama asking for an apology for the "slur." Houser says equating > Geronimo or any other Native American figure with a "mass murderer and > cowardly terrorist" is painful and offensive.
Eh? When I heard that the raid had gone by the code name "Operation Geronimo", I assumed it something to do with the fact that "Geronimo" is a word that people yell when they make a big jump ... so I assumed it was referring to the Navy SEALs jumping into action, *not* to Osama bin Laden.
BTW, does anyone know how Geronimo's name became the word that people yell when jumping in the first place?
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