NP Codename embarrassment

[Henry Mu]

Infinite Jest!

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David Morris wrote:
>
> Julian Borger in Washington
> Friday September 21, 2001
> The Guardian
>
> An embarrassed Pentagon yesterday was forced to rethink its choice of
> codename for the war on terrorism declared by President Bush after
Muslims
> complained that the name Infinite Justice was blasphemous.
> The defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, distanced himself from the
offending
> phrase, saying it had been thought up by "someone, somewhere", but
doubting
> it would last.
>
> He said: "Obviously, the United States does not want to do or say
things
> that create an impression on the part of the listener that would be a
> misunderstanding."
>
> A White House official said it was likely the name would be withdrawn
after
> complaints from "Muslim clerics" that infinite justice could only be
> provided by God, not the US government.

Infinite war?
Infinite folly?
The war on Poverty?
On Drugs?
On those wearing red Christian crosses or crucifix pins on their lapels?