choose-your-own-misadventure

Help Us Name Our New War in Iraq and Syria

Adam Weinstein · 10/03/14 03:11PM

It's no Desert Storm. It's not even Desert Fox. It wishes it was Desert Crossing. It can't be Operation Iraqi Freedom, since we've used that, although it could be Operation Freedom Is Messy. The point is: U.S. war planners now say they need a name for this thing that's totally not a war, but a "targeted operation."