WaPo Claims 'Geronimo' Code Name in bin Laden Operation 'Left a Sour T

Kyle Drennen
May 4th, 2011 1:43 PM
A headline in The Washington Post's Wednesday Style section declared: "American Indians object to ‘Geronimo’ as code for bin Laden raid." Writer Neely Tucker goes on to lament: "In a triumphant moment for the United States, the moniker has left a sour taste among many Native Americans." Tucker explained: "It was his [Geronimo's] name that the U.S. military chose as the code for the raid, and…