Colbert: ‘Operation Odyssey Dawn’ Sounds Like A Cruise Ship, Not A War (VIDEO) | Talking Points Memo

President Obama sucks at naming wars, according to Stephen Colbert.

“Friday, the U.N. passed a resolution calling for a cease fire. And since then, The United States, France, and Britain have not ceased firing,” Colbert said.But despite the decision to launch strikes on Libya, Colbert just couldn’t get behind the mission’s name: Operation Odyssey Dawn. As he noted, President Reagan fired missiles on Libya in the 1980s, and named his mission Operation El Dorado Canyon, a name that “sounds like some serious desert ass kicking.”


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