We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:50:57 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Okay, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen, has slain the Global War On Terror, much like King Canute tamed the tide. So - let's have a naming contest. If it ain' the GWOT, what is it? Mel sent me one suggestion already: I recommend SCAPEGOAT: Synchronized Combined Arms Police Enforcement on Globally Ominous Agents of Terrorism. Okay - that'll get you started. Suggest away!... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:40:59 -0600 Blade, coupla things. 1. What do you mean by "chosen"? 2. Are you essentially suggesting a revolt of the Generals? 3. If the answer to 2 is "yes" are you prepared for the consequences of that? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65326 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65326 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:51:22 -0600 I think Hillary has been chosen and she will continue the eternal battle because we will have attacked Iran before she takes office, unless a very strong military leader can stop it all!! I can always hope, huh??? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65310 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65310 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:42:39 -0600 Blade - what happens if Hillary or Obama continues the fight? Because the Admiral's terminology concern *includes* Afstan, Horn of Africa, etc. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65307 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65307 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:14:42 -0600 How about we name it by what it is, who created it and what he will get hit by when the fan finally gets turned on!!! What u say?........BUllSHit http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65306 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65306 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:00:01 -0600 GEORGE - Global Effects Of Religious Garbage Everywhere :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65287 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65287 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:04:02 -0600 monks/students are being slaughtered and the tanks are rolling into Prague/San Francisco. I'm thinking - you've never really lived in or under a *real* dictatorship, or you wouldn't be quite so quick to toss the word around. It makes your arguments unserious, too. I could be wrong - you look to be visiting from the Northeast, if you're in Massachusetts you do live in the land of the Oligarchs. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65198 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65198 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:38:44 -0600 I would pick War on Oil aka "World Oil Takeover" W.O.T. or "Money Making for Weapons Makers" MMWM. C.K. for Countries Killers is good too... WWIII World War III (soon to be, to stop the new dictatorial regime that Bush has brought)... Making War for Peace = F**king for Virginity [Naughty naughty! We don't allow the F-bomb in here. It excites the Net-nanny software and only rarely truly advances the conversation. -the Armorer] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65195 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65195 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:55:13 -0600 A bit out of left field, but how about: The Tenth Crusade http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65194 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65194 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:52:41 -0600 WACK-A-MOLE.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65193 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65193 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:49:02 -0600 I think it is more like the War against the Infidels. (note" we are the Infidels. We are just very slow to pick it up.) We should ask Al and Tali what they call the war against us and we can all get on the same page for the MSM.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65172 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65172 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:57:56 -0600 Yeah, 'Fluffy Bunny Love,' so far I go with that. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65167 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65167 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:22:46 -0600 Changed my mind, it should be TWOB: The War on Birthdays. On my last tour I was 29 when I left and 31 when I got back. Felt like a time warp. Luckily, I only missed a single year of the wi-fi's. Two in a row with a couple anniversaries thrown in for good measure, I'd still be paying for it. You people with kids, I don't know how you do it. I guess I'll have to find out the hard way. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65163 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65163 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:16:35 -0600 DOCATWFGP Deciding Our Children's And The World's Future Gene Pool I like wafugap part. I sounds like mumbling, like bumbling. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65162 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65162 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:46:09 -0600 How 'bout: "That Groovy Thing We Do?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65161 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65161 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:05:01 -0600 The Big Fight. I've got to fit this thing on personnel evaluations, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM or The Global War on Terror just take up too much room in a one-line bullet. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65152 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65152 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:52:16 -0600 meme du joir without all the messy moral implications of taking a stand.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65151 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65151 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:34:04 -0600 Strategic Harmonizing of Intelligence and Tactics. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65133 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65133 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:39:24 -0600 I suggest "Bob". Like Q_Mech's suggestion, it doesn't stand for anything. But anything can be called "Bob". There's a bridge in Colorado named Bob. Remember the old TV show, Twin Peaks, and who killed Laura Palmer? It was the demon, Bob. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65131 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65131 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:28:27 -0600 TWIT. Totally Whipping International Terrorists. Also matches the apparent 'utility' of changing names. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65129 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65129 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:47:23 -0600 The Mother of All BLT Fights, where BLT stands for Bin Laden Types.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65125 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65125 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:32:46 -0600 How about the War for Oil And we take some darn oil while we're at it. Start with Iraq and Iran's oil and then take Saudi Arabia's. Pump them dry and cut them loose. We could bank it in some dry West Texas oil wells until we need it here. Or Global Counterjihad, to put a real name on it. The dangerous enemy is the Jihad. The problem is that this doesn't pull the NoKors into the name. NK is a terrorist state but not a Jihad state. I could be convinced to vote for Fluffy Bunny Love. Or Invading their Countries, Killing their Leaders, and Converting them to Christianity? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65124 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65124 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:00:37 -0600 How about DROPOBAT...or however it works out... Defeating the Religion Of Peaceniks One Bullet/Bomb ata Time Let's not forget that this is all about the "religion of peace"!!!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65123 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65123 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:53:40 -0600 Acronym for the Offending Acronym AOA Short, sweet, palindromatic. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65120 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65120 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:04:46 -0600 Middle East Security Situation....MESS South West Asia Military Project...SWAMP http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65116 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65116 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:22:30 -0600 War on Islam. Because let's just face it, that's precisely what it is. Even the soft cuddly Islam that gives the President a warm fuzzy still wants to tell us how to live in our own country. And that alone, is reason enough to open up a can of jihad juice. There should be a statute of limitations on crazy death cult movements. We fight you inconclusively for longer than five years and we start hauling out the A bombs again until someone somewhere cries uncle. Operation Sucks To Be You http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65115 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65115 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:21:21 -0600 Now let's not pick on Don - he merely offered an opinion, however much it may not be popular with you peasants. Leave your pitchforks in the rack by the door, plz. 8^ ) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65112 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65112 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:53:20 -0600 How about the Death to America Tour? Everyone who chants "death to america" has to die. Oh...wait...we'd have to wipe out Don and a third of our own population. I'll try again. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65111 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65111 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:46:49 -0600 "Dead On Arrival" John, depends on who's dead on arrival, doesn't it? LOL]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65109 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65109 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:56:01 -0600 Frank - DOA? Dead On Arrival, man. Not a good mix. Don! A contrarian voice arriveth! What else ya got? Make it clever, now! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65103 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65103 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:41:29 -0600 Sigh. Just Sigh. First they came for the Long War. How about, "War Against Dhimmitude?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65102 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65102 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:02:22 -0600 Why, no, don. WCAUGCT? That acronym just doesn't make any sense at all. You must be using some other language. Instead, how about War to Protect Humanity, Except for Don Briefed's Sorry Ass Who We're Gonna Hand Over to bin Laden For Kicks? I like that better. It may be a mouthful, but its nice and chewy. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65100 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65100 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:56:10 -0600 How about "War of Capitalist Aggression Under Guise of Combating Terror"? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65098 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65098 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:46:39 -0600 Hello Fellow Americans. I'm coming to you tonight from the Rose Garden to introduce to you the new name of the-war-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned. VOLDEMORT. From now on, the-war-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned will be referred to as VOLDEMORT. I am in the process of re-titling my closest advisors as well. Condi- you shall now be known as Hermoine. Dick- As my closest advisor and friend, you get stuck with "Ron". My beloved wife, I've officially changed your SS codename to "Jenny", but in private, I will still call you "my hoochy-mama". And finally, Dad, my mentor throughout the years... I hope you don't mind me naming you after a dead guy. *slight chuckle* From now on, I'll be calling you "Dumbledore." And last, but not least, I think it's only fair to name the Dark Lord's right-hand man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... "Professor Snape." Thank you for your attention, but I must now return to Hogwarts for the "house cup" award ceremony. It's a really big deal, you know. Be steadfast, my friends... and avoid the Dark Forest. It's off-limits, you know. Good night. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65097 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65097 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:39:20 -0600 PSALMS Perpetual Struggle Against Loony MindSets http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65096 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65096 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:36:25 -0600 DOA - Defense of America http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65094 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65094 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:32:47 -0600 Q-Mech - I like your line of thought here... Man, if I was Frank J at IMAO, I bet I could really nail it. Ah well. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65087 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65087 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:35:13 -0600 How about "Fluffy Bunny Love"? It doesn't stand for anything, I'd just really like to hear the Chairman JCOS prattle on about his success in fighting Fluffy Bunny Love! Or how about the side-campaign HUA - the Hammering of Unacceptable Acronyms? (aka "Head Up Ass") http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65085 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65085 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:21:53 -0600 how about... It's not a GWOT, it's Appropriately Reasoned Goals Given [for] Horrendous [and] Hellacious..... ARGGHHH!! Never mind! (sorry, couldn't resist!) It's a "Glass the Desert" campaign, or how about Operation LAST - "Let Allah Sort Them"? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65084 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65084 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:56:33 -0600 MEEMO - Middle East Extreme Make Over WARRE - War Against Revisionist Regressive Extremism WASTE - War Against Salafist Terrorist Extremists http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65081 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65081 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:08:32 -0600 'Global War On Really Bad, Bad Men' http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65079 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65079 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:36:05 -0600 "IIWII"... it is what it is. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65078 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/a_naming_contes.html#comment-65078 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:33:37 -0600