Epic fury to epic fail

Maybe it is AI peaking at just the right moment, maybe it is the long-lauded genius of Iranian cinema, or maybe it is simply that there is no better comedic villain-muse than Donald J. Trump—but the propaganda films, memes and roasts coming out of Iran are absolutely top-of-the-line.

- ANUJA CHAUHAN

And, this is when they were taken by surprise. Unlike Trump, who has gone on record to say he was presented with 20 options and carefully picked out Operation Epic Fury all by himself (Not a great choice, in hindsight, given it has been trolled as Operation Epic Fail/F***up, Operation McFlurry, Operation Epstein Files, or, when clubbed with Israel's 'Lion's Roar' branding—Operation Epic Furry.) Clearly, Macbeth’s “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” did not cross Trump's mind while naming it. It probably is now.

Perhaps a name like Operation Cheapshot, Operation Quickie or Operation Regime Change would have been more apt—it might at least have helped him and his crew remember what their goals were going in.