# Name the new war **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503 "2003-03-19T08:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/1 "2003-03-19T08:16:03Z")
I know it’s already called “Liberty Shield” but that doesn’t seem quite fitting. Lets try and come up with a better one. (move to IMHO if deemed neccesary) ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/2 "2003-03-19T08:17:20Z")
“In Which George W. Bush Attempts To Show The World How Big His Balls Are” ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/3 "2003-03-19T08:20:59Z")
I think “Operation Police the Globe” has a nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/4 "2003-03-19T08:55:26Z")
“Regime Change: We’ll Get It Right This Time, Promise!” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/5 "2003-03-19T08:59:39Z")
I don’t have a witty or wry suggestion for a name-- I just wanted to say that “Liberty Shield” sounds like a branded contraceptive diaphragm to me. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/6 "2003-03-19T09:03:46Z")
And shouldn’t we call it “French Shield”, anyway? I mean, we’re the enlightened people of the Dope, we’re above that whole “Freedom Fries” and “Liberty Roast” crap. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/7 "2003-03-19T13:06:20Z")
We have one of these threads running. May I direct your attention here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170340](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170340) ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/8 "2003-03-19T14:29:54Z")
How about Desert Storm II: The Revenge? For me this doesn’t seem like so much of a new war as a ‘sequel’ to Desert Storm, the only difference being everyone being several orders of magnitude more pissed at everything. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/9 "2003-03-19T14:54:34Z")
[Gulf War II: The Vengeance](http://www.theonion.com/onion3910/gulf_war_2.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/10 "2003-03-19T15:37:48Z")
Operation “Daddy will you still love me” ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/11 "2003-03-19T15:43:56Z")
“We’re Comin After You, Next” hows that? ---
**Author:** ![AvidReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AvidReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvidReader)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/12 "2003-03-19T16:25:44Z")
Gulf War Redux: **Jr’s Version** ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/13 "2003-03-19T17:00:46Z")
**Operation Deja Vu** ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/14 "2003-03-19T17:07:33Z")
Little Georges Big adventure ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/15 "2003-03-19T18:50:06Z")
GWB to GHB: **"It’s in the bag, dad."** ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-war/162503/16 "2003-03-19T20:12:29Z")
**Operation: Finish-What-You-Start** [sub](and please pardon our 12-year intermission)[/sub] Personally I’d like to hear it called _ **Persian Gulf: Endgame** _ …'coz I’m looking forward to an end to all the games.