# Name That War! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954 "2001-10-12T01:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954/1 "2001-10-12T01:43:09Z")
Got to be something better than “America’s New War” . War on Thugs? . Dust Bin War? . 911 war? (What’s the 411 on the 911? ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954/2 "2001-10-12T01:56:17Z")
(Homer) “QUICK!! I what’s the number for 911?” (/Homer) (Operator) “112” (/Operator) …Love livin’ in Europe. To answer, I think “Ghani-Oh-One” has got a nice ring to it. Kinda poetic, kinda 'mericunized, kinda trendy. Hey, has camoflage come back in style on your side of the pond yet? ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954/3 "2001-10-12T13:45:57Z")
I doubt it will get a catchy name. The whole thing’s just too open ended. Probably something bland like “The Campaign against Terrorism”, with individual episodes involving significant military force being referred to as “The Afghan Conflict”, for example. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954/4 "2001-10-12T15:20:43Z")
Can’t really name it anything tied to Afghanistan because the conflict probably won’t end there. I am trying to think of some clever name for this and am drawing a blank. I can’t even think of a dumb one. ---
**Author:** ![sloanaheadayou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sloanaheadayou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sloanaheadayou)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-war/86954/5 "2001-10-12T18:42:01Z")
The Washington crowd wants something unmemorable and unspecific. Perfect Justice. Final Retribution. The War for Peace In Our Time. The War To End This Lastest War. Time to return to the old spindoctoring of the Korean War, and just call it a UN Police Action, which will end with a perp in the cooler.