# Name That War! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850 "2002-10-11T18:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/21 "2002-10-12T00:39:28Z")
Operation Exxon Operation Scapegoat Operation Hey! Look over there! ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/22 "2002-10-12T01:41:10Z")
How about **Operation Just Cuz**? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/23 "2002-10-12T03:13:15Z")
Operation Save the Midterms. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/24 "2002-10-12T03:22:31Z")
Operation Saddam-ize Iraq? This one’s from Airman: Operation It Couldn’t Happen to a Better Person Robin ---
**Author:** ![ApeHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@ApeHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ApeHead)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/25 "2002-10-12T04:48:41Z")
But Operation’s so old school. Might as well play G-Nip G-Nop or maybe Toss-A-Cross. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/26 "2002-10-12T04:53:27Z")
Operation Diego Montoya? Who is Diego Montoya? If you’re quoting The Princess Bride, surely its Inego Montoya? (with a squiggle over the n) I am also aware that, given my ignorance of American politics, it probably wasn’t a reference to TPB…but I am curious… ---
**Author:** ![Judas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@Judas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/27 "2002-10-12T05:16:56Z")
…Idiots ---
**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, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/28 "2002-10-12T05:20:16Z")
Operation **Kill Saddam Really Really Horribly** ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/29 "2002-10-12T16:39:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manx \* > \*\*Operation Diego Montoya? Who is Diego Montoya? If you’re quoting The Princess Bride, surely its Inego Montoya? (with a squiggle over the n) > > I am also aware that, given my ignorance of American politics, it probably wasn’t a reference to TPB…but I am curious… \*\* It is a Princess Bride reference _and_ reference to the political motivations of the American president. **Operation Home away from Homeland Security** ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/30 "2002-10-12T18:02:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Celyn \* > \*\*Darn right he didn’t - hadn’t Bush-Daddy ever heard of contraception? > 🙂 \*\* Why can’t I think of things like this? But at least I get to enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/31 "2002-10-13T02:04:30Z")
Operation Exxon Presents Desert Storm II ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/32 "2002-10-13T02:09:27Z")
**Operation Re-Elect Bush** ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/33 "2002-10-13T03:14:23Z")
Operation Nuclear Winter ---
**Author:** ![LIONsob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/34 "2002-10-13T07:00:09Z")
Operation Dag The Wog Peace LIONsob ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/35 "2002-10-13T08:04:05Z")
**OPERATION BURNING BUSH** “Your country’s soon to be holey ground.” * * * Geezer ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/36 "2002-10-13T14:48:25Z")
**Gulf War II: Nukular Bugaloo** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/37 "2002-10-13T17:50:18Z")
The Twelve Fifty A Gallon War. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/38 "2002-10-13T18:19:20Z")
This one is shamelessly stolen (um, borrowed 🙂 ) from a friend on another message board. > [@](#): > > “I’ve started referring to the proposed action against Iraq as Desert Storm > 1.1, since it reminds me of a Microsoft upgrade: it’s expensive, most > people aren’t sure they want it, and it probably won’t work.” --Anon ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850/39 "2002-10-13T18:25:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manx \* > **If you’re quoting The Princess Bride, surely its Inego Montoya? (with a squiggle over the n)** No, if you put a squiggle over the n, it’s pronounced “In-ye-go.” Although that may be a good name for it. Operation Iñego and Outyago. [Gulf War II: The Vengeance.](http://www.theonion.com/onion3809/gulf_war_2.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/131850.md?page=1)