Your most excellent proposed names for that joint U.S.-Iranian military exercise
The winner of our snap contest is Marine Capt. Adam Thomas. His two entries: PERSIAN EXCURSION OBAMA AND HASSAN’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Rex Brynen, a political science professor at McGill, took 2nd place with these two: SECTARIAN SNAFU ABLE AYATOLLAH Jason Albrecht took third place with: IRONY EAGLE 3 And here are some honorable mentions: PERSIAN ...
The winner of our snap contest is Marine Capt. Adam Thomas. His two entries:
The winner of our snap contest is Marine Capt. Adam Thomas. His two entries:
PERSIAN EXCURSION
OBAMA AND HASSAN’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Rex Brynen, a political science professor at McGill, took 2nd place with these two:
SECTARIAN SNAFU
ABLE AYATOLLAH
Jason Albrecht took third place with:
IRONY EAGLE 3
And here are some honorable mentions:
PERSIAN BIZARRE
PERSIAN SUBVERSION
SHOCK AND HUH?
OPERATION QOM-BAYAH
OPERATION MOBY DICK
ISIS CRISIS
HELLO MARTYR, HELLO FATAH
INFINITE JEST
AYATOLLAH SO
And of course, from Doctrine Man, "OPERATION SHI’ITE STORM."
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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