Politics

It's the New, Improved Iraq War!

By Anne Landman

The Pentagon is formally rebranding the war in Iraq by changing its name from "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to the sunnier "Operation New Dawn." The new and improved moniker comes after months of deadly bombings in Iraq, and after an aide to the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, Khari Abdul Hadi, expressed "resignation bordering on despair" about the latest bombings in the province, according to the New York Times. The re-naming of the war to "Operation New Dawn" happens during the same week that the U.S. military launched a major new assault in Afghanistan, and after the Obama administration unveiled a military budget of unprecedented proportions.

Full post as published by PR Watch on February 21, 2010 (boomark / email).