NP Codename embarrassment

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 21 12:07:03 CDT 2001



David Morris wrote:
> 
> Julian Borger in Washington
> Friday September 21, 2001
> The Guardian
> 
> An embarrassed Pentagon yesterday was forced to rethink its choice of
> codename for the war on terrorism declared by President Bush after Muslims
> complained that the name Infinite Justice was blasphemous.
> The defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, distanced himself from the offending
> phrase, saying it had been thought up by "someone, somewhere", but doubting
> it would last.
> 
> He said: "Obviously, the United States does not want to do or say things
> that create an impression on the part of the listener that would be a
> misunderstanding."
> 
> A White House official said it was likely the name would be withdrawn after
> complaints from "Muslim clerics" that infinite justice could only be
> provided by God, not the US government.

Infinite war? 
Infinite folly? 
The war on Poverty? 
On Drugs? 
On those wearing red Christian crosses or crucifix pins on their lapels?



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