Iron Hammer - Is this operation poorly named?

hexola

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:28 AM
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Iron Hammer - Is this operation poorly named?

Edited on Fri Nov-14-03 08:29 AM by hexola

Iron Hammer? - I don't think hammers are made of iron...Hammers are made of steel...Iron is far too brittle and prone to fracture to use for a hammer...Poor choice of words?

Doesn't anyone actually think about these tough sounding opeation names?

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Punkingal

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:30 AM
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1. I think it is completely absurd....

to give names to wars, anyway, I don't care what name they give them.

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Bozola

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:33 AM
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3. But think of the Book & Movie sales!

It's wouldnt sell as well if it was called "Operation Texas Whoopsie"

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Bozola

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:31 AM
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2. It's a fine name

It's got that gritty Goebelesque feel to it straight from Nazi Germany.

Judging from what's happening over there, a shattered hammer may be an apt description...

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Skittles

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:34 AM
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5. BOZOLA NAILS IT

it's appalling.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:41 AM
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12. "Blut und Kohlefaserverstärkte thermoplastische Kunststoffe"

just doesn't have the same ring to it. (That's Blood and Carbon Composite Materials.)

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maddezmom

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:34 AM
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4. reminds me of the USSR

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bicentennial_baby

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:39 AM
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9. Same here!

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Ellen Forradalom

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:36 AM
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6. Sorta reminds me of The Wall

http://imagesource.allposters.com:80/images/146/806.jpg

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pinkpops

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:36 AM
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7. Flacid hammer

stiff hammer
big hammer
whammer hammer

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in_cog_ni_to

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:38 AM
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8. It sucks!

What do you expect from the bully cabal though? Iron Hammer fits them.
It has a "bully-ish" sound.

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libertad

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:39 AM
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10. Some military guy on the news said it was named after the unit

that carried out the mission. Their nickname is similar to Iron Hammer, but I can't remember exactly what he said.

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oneighty

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:40 AM
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11. The Hammer of God

I believe was an expression heard in the Boer Wars wherin the blacks (Browns) were "Hammered" by the sure hand of God (Read Whites). Thus Iron Hammer.

This is a crusade, after all.

180

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pinkpops

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:58 AM
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16. I think you've nailed it

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leftchick

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:41 AM
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13. It is as absurd a name as....

Operation Iraqi Freedom, which msrnc continues to keep on the screen...
:puke:

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JanMichael

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:44 AM
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14. Too close to London's "Iron Heel" so yes it's poorly named.

Unless of course they want to let everyone know we're Fascist Imperialists:shrug:

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Maeve

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Fri Nov-14-03 08:44 AM
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15. When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

And they don't have much in the toolbox...it also lacks any finesse, which sums up the misAdministration's actions far too often on the international stage.

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Hogarth

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:00 AM
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17. Typical

It has the ring of a term that might have been invented by McFuckwit himself following his break-of-dawn Bible meditations.

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Melsky

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:01 AM
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18. Operation Teflon Hammer

I think this would be appropriate for the way they duck out of things WMDs, no wait WMD programs, no wait Saddam was the WMD, well it was never about the WMDs, it's about the freedom of the Iraqis. Huh?

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CWebster

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:01 AM
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19. All the "operations" are titled

in the most offensive stupid white male masturbatory fantasies of macho bravado.

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ProfessorGAC

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:18 AM
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20. Yes. It Evokes Two Negative Things

First, Iron Curtain. I thought we hated the Soviet Union, now we're using a term that includes one of the symbols (the hammer) and Iron evokes the Chuchillian phrase.

Secondly, the idea of "Hammering" a populace into acquiescence is the opposite of what the publicly stated goals of the operation have been.

Whoever came up with this is as dumb as a box of rocks.
The Professor

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Waistdeep

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:35 AM
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21. Maybe they meant "Ironic Hammer"

but you know how the Republicans have a tendency to drop the trailing "ic", like "Democrat" for "Democratic"

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salinen

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Fri Nov-14-03 09:53 AM
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22. blow torches?

o.k. all you clever du'ers. the next military operation does not have a name yet. here's your chance to help mcpoopiebrain delight his minions with a clever ditty. here's some of mine:

"operation dismember brown guys"
"operation petrol seizure"
"operation second coming"
"operation i want that alot"
"operation shut up and die"

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