Now goddammit, even ignoring the meta-depression of the whole Falluja/Iraq thing, could the US military stop being such a bunch of fucking *dorks*? 'Operation Phantom Fury'. OPERATION PHANTOM FURY??? What is *wrong* with you people? Can we get even a *little* ironic self-awareness going on?

I'm willing to go out on a very lengthy limb here and say that if most people were able to appreciate what a stupidly self-important role-playing nerd name that is, the US wouldn't be in Iraq at all. That name is a *signifier*.