I myself am pushing for Dubya Dubya II.
The “why” is because the British Ministry of Defense has named their part of the operation Operation Telic.
What’s a Telic?
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.__2000.
There are some fantastic ideas here!
Thanks for the info that ‘Iraqi Freedom’ is the equivalent of ‘Desert Storm’, it sure doesn’t sound as catchy does it, maybe that’s why the networks are being creative.
I agree with ftg and watch out, 20 years on the kids may be studying the holy history books about the ‘Glorious Global Jiihad’.
It’s the winner writes the history books
No, I don’t have medium-term doubts about the outcome, but do check out
http://www.idleworm.com/nws/2002/11/iraq2.shtml
(warning FLASH presentation)
I laughed. Then I cried.
Knowing how little imagination historians - the guys who actually get to name wars - have, it’ll probably be known as the Second Gulf War, at least in the U.S.
“Officially it’s Operation: Iraqi Freedom”
Yeah, because if it was Operation: Iraqi Liberation, that would give us:
O.I.L
“Operation: Piss Off The Planet”, says The Onion’s funniest issue since the 9/11 one.
There is a little office on the fifth floor of the Pentagon “A” ring staffed with civil servants who are charged with naming things like this. Their source is George Orwell’s 1984