Iran War

[Richard Hakluyt]

read that as: "to help scamming the straight for mines..."

and it still made perfect sense 

And I got "scamming the straits for memes" 

[crazy canuck]

The United States of America now says the war is over, there are no tankers in Baghdad.

Updated that to fit the theme 

 

[viper37]

The United States of America now says the war is over, there are no tanks in Baghdad.

That was yesterday.  So it's Wednesday now, the bombings are threatened to resume if Iran does not negotiate something.

Operation enduring peace is over.

[HisMajestyBOB]

The United States of America now says the war is over, there are no tanks in Baghdad.

That was yesterday.  So it's Wednesday now, the bombings are threatened to resume if Iran does not negotiate something.

Operation enduring peace is over.

Of course. He has to announce an escalation before he can he announce a peace talks breakthrough on Friday.

[The Minsky Moment]

"Operation Epic Fury"
"Operation Freedom"

The cringe never ends.

[HVC]

"Operation Epic Fury"
"Operation Freedom"

The cringe never ends.

To be fair your country used stupid names long before the trump presidency

[Valmy]

"Operation Epic Fury"
"Operation Freedom"

The cringe never ends.

We have been doing that shit forever. I cannot remember the last time we named an operation that sounded like military people came up with the name instead of marketing people.

We would have named Operation Overlord Operation Norman Conquest today.

[crazy canuck]

Remember when Bush called the war in Iraq a crusade?  The blunders of America past, present, and future.

[Valmy]

Remember when Bush called the war in Iraq a crusade?  The blunders of America past, present, and future.

No he called the War on Terror a crusade years before the War in Iraq. It was in the months just after 9/11.

Operation Crusader was an actually interestingly named and successful military operation versus Operation Iraqi Freedom, which might as well have been called "Operation Invade Iraq" for all the operational security that name brought.

[Jacob]

Operation We Are the Good Guys and Also Very Powerful

[crazy canuck]

Remember when Bush called the war in Iraq a crusade?  The blunders of America past, present, and future.

You sweet summer child. This goes to the core of the American problem. The inability to connect the dots

No he called the War on crusa

Remember when Bush called the war in Iraq a crusade?  The blunders of America past, present, and future.

No he called the War on Terror a crusade years before the War in Iraq. It was in the months just after 9/11.

Operation Crusader was an actually interestingly named and successful military operation versus Operation Iraqi Freedom, which might as well have been called "Operation Invade Iraq" for all the operational security that name brought.

before the War in Iraq. It was in the months just after 9/11.

Operation Crusader was an actually interestingly named and successful military operation versus Operation Iraqi Freedom, which might as well have been called "Operation Invade Iraq" for all the operational security that name brought.

Oh my goodness yeah you're so right that the speech Bush gave had absolutely no connection to the decision to go to war with a rack shortly thereafter.  The American ability to ignore obvious facts to defend their precious republic, and the reputation of their presence is astounding.

[viper37]

Marco Rubio is begging the UN to intervene in Iran to liberate Hormuz.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-bahrain-push-un-backed-124039121.html
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5864565-trump-resolution-iran-strait/

[Valmy]

Oh my goodness yeah you're so right that the speech Bush gave had absolutely no connection to the decision to go to war with a rack shortly thereafter.  The American ability to ignore obvious facts to defend their precious republic, and the reputation of their presence is astounding.

You are so weird. I don't see how Bush's gaffe being early on and not later during the run up to the Iraq war reflects any better on the Republic. Just stating when it happened. The funny thing is I would gladly take Bush's rhetoric now. He was a towering statesman compared to the current shitshow. Which just shows how the bar is now in hell.

Also it had nothing to do with what I was talking about. The Iraq War was never called Operation Crusade.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Given that Israel has called their attack on Lebanon "operation eternal darkness" I think the US is pushed into second place.

I guess Netanyahu never wonders "are we the bad guys?".

[grumbler]

Oh my goodness yeah you're so right that the speech Bush gave had absolutely no connection to the decision to go to war with a rack shortly thereafter.  The American ability to ignore obvious facts to defend their precious republic, and the reputation of their presence is astounding.

You are so weird. I don't see how Bush's gaffe being early on and not later during the run up to the Iraq war reflects any better on the Republic. Just stating when it happened. The funny thing is I would gladly take Bush's rhetoric now. He was a towering statesman compared to the current shitshow. Which just shows how the bar is now in hell.

Also it had nothing to do with what I was talking about. The Iraq War was never called Operation Crusade.

CC is moving rapidly to a Raz phase. Not worth engaging with.