Operation Name That Tune

[Paul in Saudi]

The operation in Iraq and Syria does not have cool name. Perhaps we could come up with something.

How about:
Third Time Lucky
Dead Horse
Unrequited Help
We're Back
Isis Smishis

 

[Kyriakos]

How about...

Divide and Conquer.

 

[warpus]

Operation Foxtrot Unicorn

 

[FriendlyFire]

Operation ISIS Liquidation
or OIL for short.

 

[Kaitzilla]

One senior official said Inherent Resolve was a placeholder name and never seriously considered for the overall war effort. Other officials said had the name been better received it might well be the new war’s moniker.

“It is just kind of bleh,” said a military officer.

And so aides to the Joint Chiefs of Staff have asked Gen. Lloyd Austin, head of Central Command, for new options.

Sweet lord, these professionals get paid millions to think up a good name for the latest war.

Have we run out of viable 2 word choices?


Glancing at the master list I see around 318 military operations in our history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations

We've had Operation:

Power Pack
Commando Hunt
Linebacker II
Nickel Grass
Frequent Wind
Eagle Pull
Eagle Claw
Bright Star
Urgent Fury
El Dorado Canyon
Nimble Archer
Earnest Will
Praying Mantis
Prime Chance
Golden Pheasant
Classic Resolve
Just Cause
Desert Shield
Desert Storm
Provide Comfort
Silver Anvil
Provide Promise
Northern Watch
Southern Watch
Restore Hope
Deny Flight
Uphold Democracy
Deliberate Force
Assured Response
Quick Response
Desert Strike
Joint Guard
Silver Wake
Desert Fox
Shepherd Venture
Infinite Reach
Allied Force
Enduring Freedom
Iraqi Freedom
New Dawn
Odyssey Dawn
Neptune Spear
Serval (Assisted the French, so their fault for this terrible name)

And we scrapped "Infinite Justice" because it offended Allah (pbuh)


If I was going to strike fear into the hearts of terrorists, I'd call it Operation Raptor Strike.

 

[Kyriakos]

Operation ISIS Liquidation
or OIL for short.

+1

 

[Takhisis]

Have we run out of viable 2 word choices?

No Sir.

 

[bhsup]

Market-Garden.

 

[Goodfella]

Operation Charm

 

[Kyriakos]

(operation) Drop heads and minds.

 

[Borachio]

Operation Cynthia has a nice ring to it, I think.

That, or Splat Attack.

 

[Tahuti]

Operation Murambatsvina
Operation Xenu

 

[Kyriakos]

Operation Strange Aeons.

Why go for the lesser evil?

 

[Tahuti]

Operation Whore of Babylon

 

[Borachio]

Operation Let a Million Flowers Bloom.

 

[Old Hippy]

poppies, would that be....

 

[Borachio]

Could be poppies. Could be flowers of sulphur. Could be mushrooms.

Some things we just don't know.

 

[Tahuti]

Operation Hulagu Khan.

 

[Light Cleric]

Operation No Really It'll Work This Time

 

[FriendlyFire]

Market-Garden.

You invading Germany again ?