How Do You Feel About The U.S. Naming Weapons After Native Americans?

[Bodica]

The U.S. government lately has been naming a number of its new weapons after Native American nations.
There's the Tommahawk Cruise Missile, The Apache Helicopter, but also weapons such as the Chanuc, the Iroquis...etc.
Asked what he thought about it (on the 1st disc of his Democracy University DVD series), Noam Chomsky replied "It's like if the the German airforce (the Luftvafa) was naming its planes, Jew and Gypsy."
How do you feel about the U.S.A. naming its weapons (particularly weapons of mass destruction) after Native American nations?

(btw, I'm having computer problems, so this may be the last that you hear from me for tonight.)

[Josiah]

They have been doing it for years and years
Whats it to you? If I might ask?

[rez_hopper]

All right Josiah!!!!

[rez_hopper]

Wait

All Right Josiah

[Mud_Woman]

i can just hear it, ppl screaming in terror . . . . . . "the apaches are coming"

[Asmajol]

i can just hear it, ppl screaming in terror . . . . . . "the apaches are coming"

tehe

I dunno but i got mad when ppl called palin a pit bull, i found it very insulting to my puppy

[WhoMe]

My tribe has a rich warrior tradition that continues through our 4 warrior societies that are still active today. We have always been defenders of our lands, lives, families and way of life. The US Army named one of it's air vessels after our tribe. Our veterans and active warriors are proud of this.

At a recent ceremonial warrior gathering, the US Army brought one of these to our ceremonies. It is an honor to see this air vessel in the news clips of Afganistan and hear our tribal name.

[ndngirl70]

I think it shows how badass we are

[Josiah]

lots of nicknames but nothing like sports mascots if that is what you are getting at...

H58 Scout Helo Kiowa 1980's

Ch47 Chinook 1960's

AH64 Attack Helo Apache 1980's

H1 Iroqouis better known as the Huey 1960's

[Ndnsoldierboy]

i can just hear it, ppl screaming in terror . . . . . . "the apaches are coming"

The Taliban during my time in Afghanistan feared the Apache helo...that helo has inflicted many casualties on them.

Thanks to the aviation peeps who had our backs in many of the ops I was in during my time outside the wire...

[Mud_Woman]

My tribe has a rich warrior tradition that continues through our 4 warrior societies that are still active today. We have always been defenders of our lands, lives, families and way of life. The US Army named one of it's air vessels after our tribe. Our veterans and active warriors are proud of this.

At a recent ceremonial warrior gathering, the US Army brought one of these to our ceremonies. It is an honor to see this air vessel in the news clips of Afganistan and hear our tribal name.

The Taliban during my time in Afghanistan feared the Apache helo...that helo has inflicted many casualties on them.

Thanks to the aviation peeps who had our backs in many of the ops I was in during my time outside the wire...

its kinda-sorta good the military uses native tribes to name their weapons . . . it strikes fear in ppl

[50cal]

I feel dayum honored they would name a weapon after me.....LOL!!!....I think it's cool......

[Da' Messenger]

Well I like the idea that the military is naming the War vessels and weaponry after Native american tribes. It is true we still strike fear into the enemy far and near. Our tribe is truly honored by it and take it as an honor! And it's held in high regards to our military society the Kiowa Ton-kon-gaut! Haw! sole-haw! gyat-thdy-gyah!

[injunboy]

so wheres the killer navajo?? jk

u know why they named it the kiowa..
because it had a big nose

haha thats funney. what if it were true

[Mud_Woman]

so wheres the killer navajo?? jk

i was telling my lil bro about this thread, and when i read the above post, he busted out laughing . . . "there gonna name some sort of nerve gas agent after us navajo's" . . . i didnt get it, till he squeezed his nose and said "silent but deadly"