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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsName that War- er, I mean name that military strike!
I can't help but wonder what nifty name the boys and girls at the Pentagon have come up with for the planned military strike, bombing, war, whatever, against Syria.
Here are some of the golden oldies:
Urgent Fury- Invasion of Grenada
Golden Pheasant- Deployment of troops in Honduras
Ranch Hand- Spraying of Agent Orange over Vietnam for 10 years
The Deserts (all Iraq):
Desert Storm
Desert Strike
Desert Fox
Desert Scorpion
Desert Thrust
Enduring Freedom- Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Philippines
Enduring Freedom- Horn of Africa
Operation Odyssey Dawn- Libya
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Name that War- er, I mean name that military strike! (Original Post)
cali
Sep 2013
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ArsSkeptica
(38 posts)1. Operation Giggity...named for Family Guy's Quagmire
But I'm sure they'll go with another lipstick on a pig approach.
cali
(114,904 posts)2. OK, that got a guffaw out of me
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)3. Oil Akbar
reformist2
(9,841 posts)4. Syriana?
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)5. Operation: Because Nobel Peace Prize That's Why !!