# Hey kids, it's the "Name the new USA military Operation game" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861 "2002-10-11T19:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/1 "2002-10-11T19:34:05Z")
Yup. George got the go ahead from Congress to attack Iraq when he feels like it. So I figure George is going to need a spiffy new name for the next Operation:Whatever. I figure there is enough smarts here to come up with a good name. I’ll start. I kind of like **WW,.W** My friend thinks it sould be called **Operation: Strategery in the dessert** ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/2 "2002-10-11T19:45:43Z")
My all time fave was used in Panama. **Operation Just Cause.** Short for **Just 'cause we can!** How about **Strike Back the Evil Empire**? or **Operation Just des[s]erts**. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/3 "2002-10-11T20:09:18Z")
**Operation Avenging Father.** ---
**Author:** ![Fletchtenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@Fletchtenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletchtenn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/4 "2002-10-11T20:25:27Z")
I like Operation Look What I Did that you Didn’t, Daddy! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/5 "2002-10-11T20:26:58Z")
We got one of these going in MPSIMS, already. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/6 "2002-10-11T22:21:07Z")
My name is Inigo Montoya. You tried to kill my father. Prepare to almost die. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/7 "2002-10-12T02:19:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*We got one of these going in MPSIMS, already. \*\* This one is better though 😉 I swore I looked for one before I started this thread. Really I did. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/8 "2002-10-12T02:28:51Z")
I like \*\* Purd Werfect’s\*\*, but if I have to come up with my own, let’s be honest and direct: \*\* Operation ‘this is a big fucking mistake’ \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/9 "2002-10-12T02:32:13Z")
Well, if we were goin’ nucular, I’d say just call it **Operation Desert** , but since our quarrel is with Saddam and not the Iraqi people, whom the hope is will wind up better off, I propose **Operation Take a Ba’th**. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/10 "2002-10-12T04:08:18Z")
Operation Sodomize Saddam Operation This Sucks Operation Sand Dance ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/11 "2002-10-12T04:48:00Z")
Operation General Electric Precision Ordinance Field Test No. 57 Operation Bush vs Husseins II: The Son of The Mother of all Battles ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/12 "2002-10-12T05:15:54Z")
Operation **Vac-u-suck** Operation **Desert Camel** Operation **Saddam-ized** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/13 "2002-10-12T05:19:36Z")
Operation Didn’t We Already Do This? Operation Bushwhacker Operation What If They Had A War And Nobody Came? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/14 "2002-10-12T06:09:13Z")
See. I knew our thread was gunna be better then the silly MPSIMS thread. heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/15 "2002-10-12T06:34:32Z")
You’d think the Pentagon would have the decency to consult the dopers first. **OPERATION SADDAM IS AN ASS HAT** ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/16 "2002-10-12T06:34:43Z")
I thought that Tom Clancy had been placed in charge of naming military operations ever since “Operation Desert Shield”. ---
**Author:** ![Merrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Merrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merrin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/17 "2002-10-12T06:37:34Z")
Operation “Ooops! Was that the UN I just trod on!” Merrin ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/18 "2002-10-12T07:03:06Z")
Operation: Is our bombs dropping? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/19 "2002-10-12T08:08:37Z")
Operation Butt\*\*\*\* Saddam. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/20 "2002-10-12T09:31:12Z")
Age of Empires III. Or is that already taken? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861.md?page=2)