11.30.2003

The War That Cried Wolfowitz

Liberal opinionist Nicholas Kristoff of the NYTimes had readers come up with monikers for the war in Iraq, which he quite correctly notes has no good name. Gulf War II? Eh. It wasn't fought in the Gulf, and it's all about the Sunni Triangle. His five winning entries were:

Dubya Dubya III
Rolling Blunder
Desert Slog
Mess in Potamia, and
Blood, Baath and Beyond

Runners-up include:

Operation Unscramble Eggs
A'bombin'nation
Tigris by the Tail
War of Mass Deception
Coup d'États Unis
The Charge of the Right Brigade
The War of the Roves
Operation Kick the Dog
The Empire Strikes Out
Mission Implausible: A Job Well Spun, and
Operation Oops, We Did It Again

Any suggestions from InstantReplay readers? Drop a comment below! My own quick thoughts:
Operation Forget Osama
Operation Unfinished Business
Family Feud: The Second Generation
Crashing the Baath Party
The Afterwar
The War That Wouldn't End

Chime in - I'd like to hear what you hawks would call this conflict.