WE CANNOT FAIL -- OUR MISSION HAS A REALLY, REALLY KICK-ASS NAME

So now, in Iraq, we've launched Operation Iron Hammer.

There -- Iron Hammer! That's a really macho name. Let's see those insurgents and end-timers defy that.

Of course, the policy of giving names to "operations" that sound like the names of 1980s heavy metal bands hasn't always worked out:

Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Posted: 8:47 AM EDT (1247 GMT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier was shot in the back of the head Friday, the latest in a string of attacks against the coalition that shows no sign of slowing despite Operation Desert Scorpion, the military operation designed to crack down on Iraqi insurgents....