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Question: Which operation has the best name? Tongue
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Odyssey Dawn (United States)		  
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Harmattan (France)		  
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Ellamy (United Kingdom)		  
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MOBILE (Canada)		  
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« on: March 20, 2011, 10:03:35 AM »
Gotta go with Harmattan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmattan

The most stupid one is "MOBILE".
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 10:13:56 AM »
lol Canada
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 10:25:49 AM »
Uh, Odyssey Dawn is the coolest name for anything ever. Say what you will about the United States military, but they know how to name shít.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 10:30:07 AM »
Excluding the Canadian one (seriously, wtf ?!?), I don't even know where the british and french names come from. Odyssey Dawn by default.
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 10:31:53 AM »
Quote from: Senator Antonio V on March 20, 2011, 10:30:07 AM
Excluding the Canadian one (seriously, wtf ?!?), I don't even know where the british and french names come from.

Click on the Wikipedia link I posted.
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 10:45:30 AM »
Saw it. Still prefer the US one though.
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 10:50:42 AM »
Quote from: Senator Antonio V on March 20, 2011, 10:30:07 AM
Excluding the Canadian one (seriously, wtf ?!?), I don't even know where the british and french names come from. Odyssey Dawn by default.

When you got a defense minister like this:



Don't expect much good names.
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 11:00:33 AM »

Reminds me of Mobile, Alabama.
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 11:05:07 AM »
Harmattan is actually a pretty cool name, now that I read the Wikipedia, but I still like Odyssey Dawn.
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 12:28:22 PM »
HOw about "lets go to war for oil again!" or "Save the Oil"
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 12:29:47 PM »
Quote from: milhouse24 on March 20, 2011, 12:28:22 PM
HOw about "lets go to war for oil again!" or "Save the Oil"

Not as catchy or epic.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2011, 12:33:32 PM »
^^

What about Petroleum Dawn? Wink
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2011, 12:42:37 PM »

Now we're talkin. Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 12:44:34 PM »
MOBILE is extremely boring and I don't even know what Ellamy means.
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2011, 12:46:55 PM »
Harmattan effectively seems to be the official French name. Not bad. But anyhow, here, in media it's all: Aube de l'Odyssée. I'm not sure if it sounds better in French or in English. Hmm, I'd put a 'L'' in front of it, and it would look perfect: L'Aube de l'Odyssée. That being said, Harmattan is far more suit for a military operation, it's strong, clear, and without place for fun. Odissey Dawn is far more lyrical, not unpleasant though.
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« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2011, 12:48:33 PM »
Is 'Mobile' named after 'Mobile Oil'?
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« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2011, 01:01:43 PM »
I'm always faintly troubled by the tendency of Western military establishments to believe that they are characters in a computer game of their own devising.
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2011, 01:03:45 PM »
Quote from: Gweithiwr on March 20, 2011, 01:01:43 PM
I'm always faintly troubled by the tendency of Western military establishments to believe that they are characters in a computer game of their own devising.

Actually they are characters in a computer game of their own devising - they just sit at computers and slaughter Libyans who cannot fight back.  I'm sure it does feel like a game to them.
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2011, 01:15:40 PM »
Quote from: Senator Antonio V on March 20, 2011, 10:30:07 AM
I don't even know where the british and french names come from.

A randomised list, I guess.
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« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2011, 02:47:20 PM »
The French one makes sense, note the link in the OP. No clue about the British. Canada's is probably randomized, and they need more interesting names in that list.
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« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2011, 02:53:33 PM »
The great waritime statesman is planning his masterful Operation Mobile!
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« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2011, 02:55:22 PM »
It appears that all Canadian military operations have one word all caps names. The post-9/11 operations to assist stranded air passengers was called Operation SUPPORT and Canada's aid for Hurricane Katrina was called Operation UNISON, Operation ACCIUS is what they are doing in Afghanistan, etc.
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« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2011, 02:58:53 PM »
Quote from: KQED Equals Volvo on March 20, 2011, 02:55:22 PM
...Canada's aid for Hurricane Katrina was called Operation UNISON...

Unison Ointment is my favorite ointment!
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« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2011, 03:53:42 PM »
Quote from: KQED Equals Volvo on March 20, 2011, 02:55:22 PM
... Canada's aid for Hurricane Katrina was called Operation UNISON ...
They funneled their aid through a British trades union???
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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2011, 02:23:25 PM »
Quote from: Lief on March 20, 2011, 10:25:49 AM
Uh, Odyssey Dawn is the coolest name for anything ever. Say what you will about the United States military, but they know how to name shít.
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