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What should Iraq War 3 be called? (Original Post) Renew Deal Jun 2014 OP
Obama Administration doesnt want a new war. mylye2222 Jun 2014 #1
Just because they don't want it to happen doesn't mean it's not going to happen Renew Deal Jun 2014 #12
Obscenely absurd. ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #2
It goes back further than 1990. Further than 990. Throd Jun 2014 #3
Desert Black Hole? We do seem to keep getting sucked back in. Warpy Jun 2014 #4
Dinsdale dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #5
Operation Clean BushInc mess. mylye2222 Jun 2014 #6
What does clean look like? What objectives must be met to get their? TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #24
Let's see, there was Desert Shield/Storm GHWB. Then Operation Iraq Liberation with GWB. valerief Jun 2014 #7
ClusterBush FUBAR Crowquette Jun 2014 #8
Mission Accomplished Fozzledick Jun 2014 #9
Electric Bugaloo? NightWatcher Jun 2014 #10
'Nader's Folly, One Of Many.' nt onehandle Jun 2014 #11
Mr Fantastic? Plastic Man? Elastic Boy? reddread Jun 2014 #16
The Not Dumb War. rug Jun 2014 #13
Operation Iraqi Fall Bosonic Jun 2014 #14
US Foreign policy n/t reddread Jun 2014 #15
Bush's third term? customerserviceguy Jun 2014 #17
OFF! grattsl Jun 2014 #18
Fucked madokie Jun 2014 #19
Operation Charlie Foxtrot. KamaAina Jun 2014 #20
MESSopotamia countryjake Jun 2014 #21
Futility 3 Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #22
Operation I Can't Believe We're Still Fucking Doing This Shit - Thanks A Lot, Georgie, You Fuckhead. Aristus Jun 2014 #23

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)
12. Just because they don't want it to happen doesn't mean it's not going to happen
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:05 PM
Jun 2014

And just because they say they don't want it to happen doesn't mean it won't happen.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014837039

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
2. Obscenely absurd.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:32 PM
Jun 2014

Offensive.

Death and destruction.

Murder.

Misanthropic.

Terrorist recruitment plan.

etc.

TheKentuckian

(25,023 posts)
24. What does clean look like? What objectives must be met to get their?
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:55 PM
Jun 2014

OPERATION: Still dangerously stupid probably works as well as anything.

We never have any actual mission and/or achievable military objectives. Our objectives are political and we just hammer away with the wrong tool, foolishly wondering what the problem is.

Close as we come on this one is the wickedness of the ISIS rebels (which admits wanting to meddle in a civil war that our "help" sparked and the puppet government poured fuel on) and when asked what is different about who we'd be supporting the response is usually silence, on occasion some mumblings about pent up anger under Hussein (meaning they see the dynamic they hope to seed) and incoherent excuses.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
7. Let's see, there was Desert Shield/Storm GHWB. Then Operation Iraq Liberation with GWB.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:37 PM
Jun 2014

They changed that to something else (Operation Iraqi Freedom, maybe?), because the joke was obvious even to the hoi polloi.

So a new Iraq War might be called Iraq War 3.0. Or the Ditto War. Or the Clone War. Or the Make Rich People Richer War (MaRPeR War).

So many names, so little support.

On edit
I have it! The WAR War. The We Americans Rock War. That'll work for the war ninnies.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
16. Mr Fantastic? Plastic Man? Elastic Boy?
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:12 PM
Jun 2014

does that ever snap in your face when you stretch it that far?

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
17. Bush's third term?
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:48 PM
Jun 2014

That's what it's starting to look like. More sacrifice of blood and treasure to justify the earlier wasted expenditures of those things.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
21. MESSopotamia
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:19 PM
Jun 2014

the Imperial Cradle of Continuing Chaos Courtesy of Contemptuous Corporate Conflict

MICCCCCCC for short.

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