Dec
15
15
Alles klar, Herr Kraphammer?
Shorter Charles Krauthammer: ISG? LOL.
Travis adds: Am I being overly cynical to suspect that the administration has delayed announcement of their bold, new plan for Iraq mostly because they haven’t yet thought up a bold, new name for it?
Chan said,
December 15, 2006 at 16:13
Nope. It’s all about the spin, baby. They need something that sounds noble so they can accuse people who oppose it of being low-life creeps, just like with No Child Left Behind (“Why don’t you want our kids to learn?”).
They have to manipulate the preconceptions. It’s a bad habit with them, but they can quit any time they want to!
John said,
December 15, 2006 at 16:19
We should think up a bold new name for them! That will save them time and we can start our bold new way forward! That will make them realize that America sure is rooting for our troops!
“Operation Iraqi Roast”?
Travis G. said,
December 15, 2006 at 16:22
I came up with “Same shit, different day,” but I’m afraid that sounds too negative…
Headache said,
December 15, 2006 at 16:29
They have a name, but we’re in the middle of the Holiday Season. Their “Bold New Plan” is essentialy just a marketing ploy, and whats the point of unveiling a new marketing strategy right in the middle of the Holidays. Nobody’s paying attention. Best to wait until the new year. It’s not like lives are being lost or something.
HemlockEcho said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:24
Headache is exactly correct.
Since it’ll probably be the begining of the US whistling busily while it tip-toes out of the country, I’m a little partial to “Operation Iraq Freedom”, but that might be a little to subtle.
HemlockEcho said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:24
*”a little too subtle”
Some Guy said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:35
It damn sure won’t come out till at least after new years.
Hmmm….
They could just go all out and call it Operation Last Crusade. It’s got everything: the finality of “last”, the Christians v Muslims angle, Sean Connery, Nazis, desperate struggle to save the world, snappy theme music.
Photo Op: Bush in a fedora, rides a tank through the desert, blows up a camel.
gjdodger said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:37
“Operation Fertile Excrescent”
Chairman Meow said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:39
Operation Feral Christians?
Otto Man said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:49
I think they’ll go back to Bush’s original choice for the invasion — Operation Awesome Kickass!
Seanly said,
December 15, 2006 at 17:55
Operation Meat Grinder?
kingubu said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:01
Operation Petulant Sociopath
TC said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:09
Operation Dry Heave.
Travis G. said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:12
Operation Two-Wheeler?
punkinsmom said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:13
Operation Iraqi Takeover
That way it works for whichever “plan” he comes up with.
HemlockEcho said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:19
Operation Dry Heave.
I think we have a winner!
Dorothy said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:20
Yeah, it’s too late in the shopping season to announce a new sale. Gonna have to wait until after Christmas. (Besides, isn’t that when all the stores have their white sales anyway?)
Given Brad and Gavin’s take on this administration, I propose “Operation BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Or maybe “Operation Put-Off-Sending-In-More-Troops-Until-After-Christmas-So-We-Don’t-Look-Like-Scrooge-And-Piss-Off-The-Batshit-Crazy-Folks-With-a-REAL-WAR-On-Christmas”?
Hm…too long, maybe.
BenA said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:27
Some suggestions for a name for the administration’s upcoming bold new direction on Iraq (NB: these have different tones, depending on which aspect of his fabulously successful future policy the Decider wants to emphasize):
“Operation Ponies For All”
“Barbarossa II”
“Retain the Route”
“Up With People”
“Operation Wonder-Working Power”
“Mission STILL Accomplished”
“In Your Heart You Know I’m Right”
“Happy Days Are Here Again!”
“Operation Infinite Justice”
“Strength Through Joy“
Brian said,
December 15, 2006 at 18:52
How about “Operation Athenians in Syracuse” or “Operation The Iranian Mullahs are Laughing” or, my favorite, “Operation My Cronies Got Their Stock Market Profits, F&**&^% the Rest of the Country and the White Trash Crackers Who Are in Country Right Now”?
Notorious P.A.T. said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:15
Maybe they’re just stalling so they can convincingly claim that Bush listened to experts, did research, spent time in Deep Thought, etc. like with his stem cell “compromise” in 2001.
JK47 said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:16
I think “Operation Permanent Republican Minority” has a nice ring to it.
DocAmazing said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:24
Operation The Goofy Game For Dopey Doctors
celticgirl said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:30
“Operation No This is Not a Clusterfuck, Why Do You Ask? Look Over There – A Pony!”
N.C. said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:45
Operation Apple Pie Grandma.
That way, when someone criticizes the new direction, Tony Snow can leer at them and declare, “why do you hate apple pie? And Grandma?”
Jose Chung said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:48
They printed 250,000 of “The Iraq Study Group Report?”
They can always use them for toilet paper.
MrWonderful said,
December 15, 2006 at 19:55
Operation Freedom From Liberty
Operation Message: There Is Hope
Operation Infinite Endlessness
Operation Re-Gift Freedom
(And a joke I wrote 30 years ago: Operation: Appendectomy)
gjdodger said,
December 15, 2006 at 20:15
They printed 250,000 of “The Iraq Study Group Report?�
They can always use them for toilet paper.
Operation “Please Don’t Squeeze the Sharia”
MCH said,
December 15, 2006 at 20:34
Unconfirmed rumor has it called “Operation Is Hard to Spell”.
Code name: “Too Many Letters”.
For security, POTUS is now PETGOAT. Copy that. Roger.
JK47 said,
December 15, 2006 at 20:36
They can always use them for toilet paper.
Well, since W. has already used up the Constitution, we’re gonna need something else.
JK47 said,
December 15, 2006 at 20:39
I have a three-point plan for solving the problem in Iraq that can’t miss. It’s way better than the ISG plan.
1. Bush and Cheney resign.
2. President Pelosi begs the rest of the world for our forgiveness, then pulls the troops out of Iraq.
3. We all get on with our lives.
Karl Rove II said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:17
I’m sure Sturmbannfuhrer Assrocket and Oberfurer Krauthammer have a hardon for this:
“Operation Even More Dead Iraqi Civilians”
Karl Rove II said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:19
Yeah, I know…fuck Godwin, these fucktards won’t be happy until Iraq is empty of human life.
islmfaoscist said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:23
Operation Without A Paddle
kdaddy said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:26
Operation Oedipus Tex
buster bluth said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:35
Operation Hot Mother
jrm78 said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:44
Operation I ain’t Leaving
Seanly said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:51
Operation POTUS Needs A Six Day Holiday Bender Filled With Mexicali Hookers, Blow & Bourbon
What the hell, throw in some meth for Cheney & Rove too.
MCH said,
December 15, 2006 at 22:15
Yeah, I know…fuck Godwin
I agree. Godwin enables wingnuts by insisting that the Third Reich was so exceptional that nothing of its like could ever happen again, especially not here.
throw in some meth for Cheney & Rove too
To keep them awake and on edge for days, clutching nuclear footballs? Gah. Those cats need downers, daddy-o.
TC said,
December 15, 2006 at 22:18
They need Ecstacy.
ACG said,
December 15, 2006 at 22:23
Operation We’ve Always Been At War With Eastasia
Operation Yes, Dad, I’m Fixing It, Gaww
Operation Protracted Crapulence
Operation Opposite Day
Ripley said,
December 15, 2006 at 22:58
Operation: Sprechenkrieg
Operation: Tube Snake Boogie
Operation: Oh Yeah? Well Why Don’t You Start Your Own War and Show Us How It’s Done Then?
Operation: Roach Motel
Operation: I’ll Burn the Whole Place Down
sandbar said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:09
Operation Crescent Fresh!
legion said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:14
I came up with “Same shit, different day,� but I’m afraid that sounds too negative…
What about “Same Ponies, Different Day”?
or Operation Thousand-Pound Shithammer?
or Operation Power Is The Ultimate Aphrodesiac And I’m In Loooooooooove?
gjdodger said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:22
Operation
Desolation
Creation
Communication
DocAmazing said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:26
Operation Size Doesn’t Matter
DocAmazing said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:26
Operation Groundhog Day
LA Confidential Pantload said,
December 15, 2006 at 23:27
Why not “Operation Day By Day?” It’s vapid, pointless….oh.
scottp said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:32
I suspect the delay is so that Bush can suck the oxygen out of news covering Pelosi’s first 100 hours. That would be typical Rove.
Anne Laurie said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:40
Operation Enduring Fubar!
It sounds all military-like, and if the commanders making the proposal don’t explain the acronym to C-Plus Augustus, there will be 5,000 tshirts, 10,000 bumper stickers, and a couple of dozen tv backdrops in the pipeline before one of the smarter Oval Office enablers catches on. And then it will be too late for take-backsies, because His Stubbornness will insist that he MEANT the acronym ‘Freedom Under Basic American Republicanosity’, and he’s gonna stay the course with HIS version because he is the Decider which means he decides. Besides, who are you going to believe, your Commander-in-Chiefness or a bunch of lame-*ss linguistical types?…
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:45
Operation Loosening Sphincter
Operation Enduring Hemorrhoid.
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:47
Operation Fat Lady Sings
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:49
Operation Political Erectile Dysfunction
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:51
Operation Lead Paint Banquet
Operation Large Head Small Brain
Bistroist said,
December 16, 2006 at 0:53
Patkin said,
December 16, 2006 at 2:12
I’m a bit partial to Operation Saracen Egress.
Mostly because I think Saracen is an ethnic slur on its way back, baby. And I’m always a fan of P.T. Barnum Latin jokes.
sanitas said,
December 16, 2006 at 2:24
Operation Political Erectile Dysfunction
or the asian version:
Operation Political Electile Dysfunction
Candy said,
December 16, 2006 at 2:30
“kdaddy said,
December 15, 2006 at 21:26
Operation Oedipus Tex ”
That is perfect, kdaddy!
Teh L0raX said,
December 16, 2006 at 2:51
With apologies to punx everywhere: Operation IV
Candy said,
December 16, 2006 at 3:02
Operation Mindcrime
Candy said,
December 16, 2006 at 3:03
OT, but hope all our Western Washington and British Columbia people are okay, and came through the terrible storms high and dry.
mdhåtter said,
December 16, 2006 at 3:06
They delayed the announcement to see if the Senate is split… that’d be a major stoke, or hemmorage, of luck for them. I just hope the doctors look for Po-210.
DocAmazing said,
December 16, 2006 at 3:10
Operation Onthesenatorsbrain
Ripley said,
December 16, 2006 at 4:04
Operation Mindcrime
I had actually typed out:
Operation: Operation Mindcrime Is an Album? Seriously? Dang, I Liked That One, Too
I thought it might be too esoteric and self-referential. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, in the Bush administration.
Candy said,
December 16, 2006 at 4:21
No regrets you’ve got no goals
Nothing more to learn
Now I know you won’t refuse
Cause we’ve got so much to do
You’ve got nothing more to lose
So take this number and hook in
To Operation Mindcrime
We’re an underground revolution working overtime…”
Perhaps my favorite thing on the album:
Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs while we pay for wars in South America
Fighting fire with empty words while the fat stay fat
the poor stay poor, the rich get rich, the cops get paid
to make it safe for the one percent of the…….. aaaaaaaa spreading the disease! Everybody needs but no one wants to see, the way society keeps spreading the disease.
Ah, Queensryche. Brings back some memories.
mikey said,
December 16, 2006 at 5:04
May I?
Thank U
Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetary now
What we don’t know keeps tha contracts alive an movin’
They don’t gotta burn tha books they just remove ‘em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round tha family, pockets full of shells
Yeeee Hah?
mikey
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
December 16, 2006 at 5:20
I was gonna comment at the Wapo, but it’s been done:
The washington post has a ombuds person. If we write enough letters, the post WILL have to fire this lying b@stard.
By playa_brotha | Dec 15, 2006 1:32:37 AM | Request Removal
I think I speak for everyone when I say that its idiots like Charles Krauthammer who got us into this mess in the first place. Charles pathetic attempt to distance himself from this Administration WILL NOT WORK and history will forever remember him as a shill who killed countless innocents.
By aldous | Dec 15, 2006 1:40:37 AM | Request Removal
James Baker is no Middle East expert but Krautie surely is. He is also a battle hardened tank commander, a think tank commander that is. Waging war relentlessly from inside the beltway it is no skin off his back, so damn the IED and double down with Charlie!
By notanotherneofool | Dec 15, 2006 1:41:43 AM | Request Removal
And for ten more pages. But wtf does Michael Graham care, it’s not like there’s going to be estate taxes on the liberal Wapo empire.
the_millionaire_lebowski said,
December 16, 2006 at 5:34
Re: Kraphammer:
Operation Oppenheimer?
Mo's Bike Shop said,
December 16, 2006 at 5:59
Fred
!
mmm...lemonheads said,
December 16, 2006 at 7:00
Operation: Krautenshitter
The mission: lead your team into a nest of insurgency and leftist apologetics, only to see your mission fail due to faulty intelligence and misguided foreign policy initiatives. Believe you are being patriotic while being idiotic. Fail, and blame it on everyone but the people who sent you on this doomed mission. Repeat ad infinitum.
This message will self destruct…
Damn, it better soon.
Duros62 said,
December 16, 2006 at 7:14
Operation Futile Crescent
a different brad said,
December 16, 2006 at 8:21
Operation Kurtz
Operation This proves we’re not homosexual
Operation Iran has baby terri schiavo’s soul
Operation Custer
Operation They won’t impeach in mid-nuclear explosion
and, in the spirit of Brian’s earlier ref to athens and syracuse
The Sicilian Operation
craigie said,
December 16, 2006 at 9:25
How a bout just “Operation!”, a game in which an inept president tries to extract the “Wingnut” from the patient, without making his nose go red and the IED, er buzzer, go off. Fun for the entire family! If the entire family is stationed in Iraq.
Dick Durata said,
December 16, 2006 at 10:26
“Am I being overly cynical to suspect that the administration has delayed announcement of their bold, new plan for Iraq mostly because they haven’t yet thought up a bold, new name for it?”
I’m guessing that ’surge’ is going to be a key component. “Operation Forward Surge”?
Sexy Borat said,
December 16, 2006 at 11:11
Look firtly what do you mean by Sadly No? Are you like the sheep who saying no to me?
And your how can you keep a name like Dick? Even if you are a big man like me, it is not needed to keep yourself a dick.
I am a dick, but i don’t keep my name Dick. All the others sisters tell me I am dick.
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 11:21
Operation Miles Davis Hates Your White Fucking Ass
Douglas Watts said,
December 16, 2006 at 11:29
You see, this is because Miles Davis doesn’t hate your white fucking ass. Just ask Bill Evans. Miles only hated people who hated him because he was black. Miles thought Bill Evans was the best piano player so he gave him the gig. Bill Evans was white.
Willy said,
December 16, 2006 at 16:02
Operation Big Steamer
Operation Enduring Truth
Operation Size Matters
Operation Operation
Operation Nameless Fury
Operation Prep H
RubDMC said,
December 16, 2006 at 17:43
Name the operation for the guy who’ll lead it (from his safe seat in DC or wherever he is)
Operation Hammer Time
Operation Rolling Wheelchair
Operation Cut it Out NOW! Don’t Make Me Come in There, I Really Mean it This Time
If the Rain Don’t Stop, the Levee’s Gonna Break
The Great Lurch Forward
Thunderball
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
December 16, 2006 at 17:52
Congratualtions, Sadly, No!sians
sleazy, scuzzy, unprincipled, & handsome said,
December 16, 2006 at 18:47
“Operation Stability Surge” utilizing “neocon mideast understanding” leading to troops levels “enhancement to withdrawal” and eventual “equitable oil sales”.
Jillian said,
December 16, 2006 at 19:06
Operation No More Wire Hangers.
mmm...lemonheads said,
December 16, 2006 at 19:25
Operation Cleveland Steamer.
mmm...lemonheads said,
December 16, 2006 at 19:27
Operation Dirty Sanchez.
Dan Someone said,
December 16, 2006 at 20:37
How about just “Operation!” And we can wire up Cheney so his nose lights up and he emits a harsh buzzing noise every time the administration screws up.
Dan Someone said,
December 16, 2006 at 20:38
Dammit, sorry, craigie. I didn’t read far enough up the thread.
Ripley said,
December 16, 2006 at 20:40
Operation: Blazing Inertia
Operation: Ooh Shiny!
Operation: Silent Thunder (this one needs to be said in a really deep, masculine voice – like if James Earl Jones were a pro-wrestler)
Operation: Lethal Ponzi
Operation: Fine Print
Y’know, this is kind of addicting. Anyone for group therapy?
Tony said,
December 16, 2006 at 21:19
Winning more hearts and minds in Iraq
http://minor-ripper.blogspot.com/2006/12/us-military-in-iraq-winning-hearts-and.html
ifthethunderdontgetya said,
December 16, 2006 at 22:00
Operation Strangelove!
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 3:23
Operation Dramatic Irony.
skippy said,
December 17, 2006 at 3:28
hey guys, congrats on being the funniest blog in blogtopia (yes! i coined that phrase!) and winning the 2006 weblog award!
my blog came in a distant 8th in its category (best liberal blog), but i’m surprised i was even nominated, considering how little i care about blogging these days.
wait, did i just say that out loud?
Ripley said,
December 17, 2006 at 3:28
Operation: I’ll Have to Check With My Manager
Operation: Not Really My Problem Now, Is It?
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 4:53
Operation Look Busy
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 5:17
Operation Am Too
Brian J. said,
December 17, 2006 at 6:25
Operation Surge Defective
Operation Double Down (On Hard Sixteen Against Dealer’s Ten)
Operation Reinforce Failure
Operation We’re China, Right? (from the Simpsons ep a few weeks ago with Kiefer Sutherland)
Operation You Screwed Up, You Trusted Me
Operation Nuremberg
EdsAppliance said,
December 17, 2006 at 6:53
All new and improved Way Forward! Now with Roadmap 2.0-Turbo!!
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 7:06
Operation What, Me Worry?
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 7:13
Operation Enough Already
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 7:14
Operation Enough Already
Operation Enduring Fiefdom
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 7:16
Operation Shiny Object
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 7:17
Sorry Ripley.
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 8:02
Operation Out With the Bathwater
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 8:24
Operation I’m Man of the Fuckin’ YEAR
Herr Doktor Bimler said,
December 17, 2006 at 12:55
Operation Ozymandias
piltdown said,
December 17, 2006 at 16:40
Considering he’ll never be called up to serve, he’s pretty quick to offer other peoples children up for service.
RubDMC said,
December 17, 2006 at 21:22
The Irresistable Urge to Surge
New! Improved! Now with Menthol!
Operation Legacy
Operation Barney’s Party
Righteous Bubba said,
December 17, 2006 at 23:06
Operation Shit Plus Fan
Jeopardude said,
December 18, 2006 at 0:55
Operation The Last Ten Minutes of The Godfather
scarshapedstar said,
December 19, 2006 at 18:02
Operation Doubleplusgood Freedom Victory
Sadly, No! » Victory declared in Operation Name That Operation said,
December 19, 2006 at 18:56
[...] I’ll have to go through all the entries again to see if any of us correctly picked the winner, but it looks like the president will soon announce the launch of Operation Feed The Rush. [...]
J— said,
December 19, 2006 at 19:19
Operation Sergio Valente
joe said,
December 20, 2006 at 1:12
“operating accomplishable”
lambert strether said,
December 20, 2006 at 3:59
Operation BOHICA (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again).
Enterik said,
December 21, 2006 at 18:10
Operation Shiite Superstate?