I was bemsued/amused last night to hear on the radio that the US operation in the Gulf, originally codenamed 'Infinite Justice', has had it's name changed after Muslim clerics complained.
In a scene almost out of Dr Strangelove, the clerics claimed that this name was an insult to all muslims, as only Allah has the power of Infinite Justice.
The US capitulated and have changed the codename to 'Enduring Freedom'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1563000/1563722.stm
in the article above it doesnt' mention the clerics, but they were mentioned on London Live (from the BBC) last night.
Is this surreal or is it just me?
I also wondered whether the guy that comes up with these codenames also thinks of the titles of straight-to-video b-movies like 'dangerous intentions', 'extreme prejudice', and 'lethal endeavour'
oh, and something I just spotted that just goes to show that we live in an era where words are progressively more and more meaningless
oxymoronic or what...
In a scene almost out of Dr Strangelove, the clerics claimed that this name was an insult to all muslims, as only Allah has the power of Infinite Justice.
The US capitulated and have changed the codename to 'Enduring Freedom'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1563000/1563722.stm
in the article above it doesnt' mention the clerics, but they were mentioned on London Live (from the BBC) last night.
Is this surreal or is it just me?
I also wondered whether the guy that comes up with these codenames also thinks of the titles of straight-to-video b-movies like 'dangerous intentions', 'extreme prejudice', and 'lethal endeavour'
oh, and something I just spotted that just goes to show that we live in an era where words are progressively more and more meaningless
US missile cash for anti-terror war
oxymoronic or what...