# Hey kids, it's the "Name the new USA military Operation game"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861>\
**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\
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**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, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/21 "2002-10-12T09:37:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ringo \*  
> Well, if we were goin’ nucular, I’d say just call it **Operation Desert**

Shouldn’t that be **Operation Glass**?

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**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, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/22 "2002-10-12T09:47:26Z")

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Operation: If you think this is silly, wait until we put Jenna in the white house.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/23 "2002-10-12T10:28:25Z")

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Operation 911

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/24 "2002-10-12T10:39:44Z")

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**Operation Subvert Sovereignty**

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/25 "2002-10-12T13:32:13Z")

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Operation “Why Does Everybody Hate Us?”

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**Author:** ![Lala\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Lala\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lala_S)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/26 "2002-10-12T14:16:53Z")

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Operation Bomba-loma-ding-dong

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**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/27 "2002-10-12T21:24:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lala S. \*  
> \*\*Operation Bomba-loma-ding-dong \*\*

HA HA.

I like this one.

How about **Operation: Georgies got a gun**

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/28 "2002-10-12T23:21:42Z")

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> My name is Inigo Montoya. You tried to kill my father. Prepare to almost die.

[sub](Hee hee hee hee hee…)[/sub]

How about **Operation Just Because**?

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**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 13, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/29 "2002-10-13T07:09:14Z")

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Operation Quit Saddamizing My Bush

Operation Glow In The Dark

Operation No Regrets, No Remorse

Operation Who’s Next?

Operation Cheap Gasoline

Operation Last Straw

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**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/30 "2002-10-13T13:11:32Z")

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**Operatin Syphillitic Ferret**

That’s the first thing that came into my mind. A ferret with VD. I’ll just be quiet now…

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/31 "2002-10-13T13:30:09Z")

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Sorry, but I just have to:

Operation All Your Base

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**Author:** ![leroy\_the\_mule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@leroy\_the\_mule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroy_the_mule)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/32 "2002-10-13T18:58:12Z")

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Each stage of the operation needs its own title, just like Desert Shield/Desert Storm:

1)Operation Ego Trip  
2)Operation Media Blitz  
3)Operation Shut Up and Kill  
4)Operation Armageddon

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/33 "2002-10-14T07:04:20Z")

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Leroy. I think you just won the game. 😃

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**Author:** ![Lou\_E.Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Lou\_E.Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lou_E.Thunder)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/34 "2002-10-14T07:39:51Z")

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Operation: Yakkety Yak Bomb Iraq

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/35 "2003-03-04T11:41:18Z")

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Operation Screw World Opinion.

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**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/36 "2003-03-04T12:07:18Z")

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Operation Cos I Can  
Operation: SIDNAR (See, I Don’t Need A Reason)

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**Author:** ![Porus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@Porus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Porus)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/37 "2003-03-04T12:31:24Z")

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Operation Slap the Towel head

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**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/38 "2003-03-04T13:01:46Z")

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I must confess I read this on another thread, I think it was from one of the anti war rallies. Its very apt.

Operation Desert W. Storm

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/39 "2003-03-04T13:17:28Z")

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Desert Storm 2: Electric Boogaloo

Operation Lone Wolf  
Operation Truth, Justice and Democracy  
Operation Crusade for a Final Solution (just to inadvertently turn _everyone_ in the Middle East against us)

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**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-kids-its-the-name-the-new-usa-military-operation-game/131861/40 "2003-03-04T14:48:06Z")

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Operation Re-election

Operation Let’s Get the Focus off the Economy

Operation I Rock, You Rock, We All Rock Iraq

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