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Originally posted by Skunk: Quote: Operation Telic is the British name for the war against Iraq. It was created by a computer. The US name, Operation Iraqi Freedom, was thought up by a commitee. Personally I think Operation Iraqi Liberation would have been more apt!

Telic originates from the Greek 'Telos' final - but in the modern sense, it conveys the act of moving towards an end goal.

I would agree with you that it is perhaps an inappropriate name, but not because it doesn't sound nice, but rather because the word is often interchanged with the phrase 'final solution' - a phrase with obvious negative connotations.[/QUOTE]I was making a joke about the US name rather than Telic. Substituting the worl Liberation for Freedom. The acronym would then be OIL.