Why is Libya air campaign called Operation Odyssey Dawn?
The name assigned to the air campaign might sound like the title of a rock album or a video game, and the moniker has no specific meaning and nothing to do with Libya, its people or the country's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, according to Eric Elliott, a spokesman for the U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM.
"You have operational names like Desert Storm or Iraqi Freedom that convey a message" and are chosen by the White House or senior Pentagon officials, Mr. Elliott said in an interview. "Others, like Operation African Lion [an exercise in Morocco in 2009], are symbolic of the location. Odyssey Dawn is neither of those."
What does this name mean to you? What is the origin of the Odyssey? If you were to re-name the operation what would you call it and why?
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