Thanks, misanthropoid.

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What's next? Operation Keep Iraq Liberated & Lawful?



Military Strikes Out With Acronym


Maybe it is all about oil.

Since the debate began over war in Iraq, the Bush administration has
denied
that ousting Saddam Hussein was only about access to petroleum
reserves, but
left-wing conspiracists have continued to make that claim.

Yesterday, U.S. Central Command issued a news release announcing
lightning
raids in the remote towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa "to isolate and
capture noncompliant forces." The name of the mission: Operation Ivy
Lightning. Or, if you prefer the acronym: OIL.

The military has had all kinds of far-out names for its strikes -- last
week
brought Operation Soda Mountain -- but it has been careful to avoid
embarrassing acronyms. In fact, it was rumored that the overall action
was
called Operation Iraqi Freedom rather than Operation Iraqi Liberation to
avoid the very acronym Centcom produced yesterday for the strike by the
4th
Infantry Division (or IV Division -- hence the Ivy).

A military spokesman joked, "We struck a dry hole when we tried to find
someone to take credit for this one."