War in Iraq - It Needs You....To Name It. Vote Now.

Oh Jaysus, Cunning Coney, i nearly peed my pants . . .

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jespah

DAMN!!

I wish I'd thought of that one!

I vote for Operation Please Don't Kill My Brother

Operation RIGHTEOUS MIGHT

Operation AXIS OF DIESEL

Operation REGIME OIL CHANGE

Operation ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE

I read in a newspaper that it had already been decided that the campaign, were it to happen, was to be called 'Operation Shock and Awe', which I thought was a singularly inappropriate name.
Did anyone else read this? Do you think the newspaper just made it up?

I guess Operation All For Nothing just wasn't inspiring enough.

How about Operation Just Because We Need to Fight Somebody? Probably not so inspiring either.

Got it-- Operation Watch Our Big, Multimillion Dollar Explosions!

Thinkzinc

After reading about the possible tactics to be used in the first few days of war - extensive bombing (About three or four times heavier than the opening days of the Gulf War), the name certainly seems accurate.... in a scary, Dr Strangelove kind of way!

It does exactly what it says on the tin!! (Since you're from the UK, you may remember the line from the advert!)

Operation THE HELL WITH WHAT TEN MILLION SCRUFFY-LOOKING, SANDAL-WEARING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WANT

Operation NOBODY WHO EVER FAILED TO FIGHT OR WIN A WAR EVER WON RE-ELECTION

Operation PEACE, YOU'VE HAD YOUR CHANCE

(While there is still a bit of time left to joke about it...)

Operation BAG BAGHDAD FOR DAD

Operation JUST SLAUGHTER

Operation DESERT W. STORM

Operation ENDURING BUSH

Operation PERLE JAM

Operation COALITION OF THE BILLING

Operation THE SON ALSO RAZES

Operation HAWKS GONE WILD

Operation NO DEFENSE CONTRACTOR LEFT BEHIND

Operation WE COME IN PEACE (PSYCHE!)

Operation DEFICIT STORM

Operatio ENDURING GOP MAJORITY

Conservative columnist George Will has given the war a simple name: the Second Gulf War. Clever, huh?

Terror
Wow they must be taking some really harsh stuff. I only feel mild paranoia with certain substances, but terror .... I hope they'll be okay.

Maybe we could write to them and console them in some way. Or send them some nice Peppermint tea to calm their nerves. If fewer Americans indulged their addiction to Terror, we might have some peace in the world someday!

My vote:
Project AMERICAN GLADIATORS, THE MINISERIES

Since this is a resumption of the Gulf War, I suppose that the operational name should be a continuation of the "Desert" series. Operation Desert Sunset, might be appropriate.

Generally operational names should have no concievable connection with the actual operation. This is a security precaution. If the enemy discovers the name of the operation, he should not be able to easily know what information he has. There are lists of thousands of random names from which operational planners randomly choose names. If the chosen name seems to hint at the actual activities planned, it is discarded and a new name is chosen. For some highly sensitive matters the name might change almost weekly -- that sometimes is almost as confusing for the people involved as any enemy agent who might stumble on the operation. Oh well, just thought you all might like to know .........

Back to a spirit of fun on the eve of battle:

Operation Human Shields
Operation Baghdad Bye-Bye
Operation Happy Days
Operation Raqi Roads
Operation Saddam Who?
Operation Chem-Show
Operation UNable
Operation Apocalypse
WWIV(a)

How about operation get re-elected.

Asherman, "Desert Sunset" sounds kind of like a vaguely orange or yellow exterior latex paint available from Sherwin-Williams.

Operation SANDGLASS

(Has the necessary crypticism and the revealing nook-yuh-ler connotation as well as a time's-run-out metaphor.)

When George presses the button to drop the big one, Operation Sandglass will also be an accurate description of what will happen to most of Iraq - The heat from tbe blast will turn sand to glass.

It works on so many levels!

Operation Revenge for Dad
Operation Stop Interviewing Sadaam
Operation Dick Cheney is Hidden so well, We don't even know Where he Is

Operation Taxpayers' Waste

Operation Finally!!!

Operation Daddy's Boy

Operation God Tells Me These Things

Operation Old Song "Tell Laura I Love Her"

Operation Drinking Problem Resolved

Operation White House

Operation for the Sake of Operation

Name Game
Do we have official corporate sponsors for the war yet?

The Texaco Oh-No Big Blast! -- "A mushroom cloud in every tank"!
The 7-11 Baghdad-E-O -- "Our Hottest Sandwich Yet".
The Southern Comfort Mine Sweep -- "Clearing the Tikrit roads, so you can drive sober again".
The ESPN SandBall Games -- Extreme filters required. Cultural filters.
Hummer -- "The Official SUV of the Big American Oil Grab".

Until we auction off the major features of the war, my vote is for
Project BURNING BUSH.