UH-OH! Mother Jones editor spots weapons-grade cultural appropriation in Trump's Syria raid

Doug P. | 2:31 PM on April 08, 2017

The U.S. military struck a Syrian airfield with dozens of Tomahawk missiles this week in response to a horrific chemical weapons attack in that country. Mother Jones’ Editor-in-Chief Clara Jeffery can’t help but wonder…

That the missiles are callled tomahawks must enrage a lot of Native Americans

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) April 8, 2017

How shocking, except not really.

Only those looking for a reason to be pissed off. It's tribute not mockery. https://t.co/wYAk08PMWN

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 8, 2017

It’s so predictable:

Ahem pic.twitter.com/joUf7t56Rj

— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) April 8, 2017

Called it! But it’s possible the triggering will NOT end soon:

@ClaraJeffery
Lotta US Army helicopters have had Siberian-American names: Kiowa, Apache, Iroquois (Huey), Chinook, Black Hawk, Comanche etc.

— Jack Jolis (@JackJolis) April 8, 2017

Apache attack helicopter
Black Hawk utility helicopter
Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter
Tomahawk cruise missile

— Political Capital (@Political_Index) April 8, 2017