'Tested well with 6-year-olds': Pentagon buried for 'embarrassing' name for Iran attack

While the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Iran has received a wave of scrutiny, so too did the name the administration had given the operation – Operation Epic Fury – which was dogpiled on Saturday morning by critics as childish.

“It's called Operation Epic Fury because it tested well with a panel of 6 year olds and Steven Seagal,” wrote author Russ Jones in a social media post on Bluesky Saturday.

“More like Operation Epstein’s Fury,” wrote prominent political commentator and social media influencer Jackson Hinkle in a post to his more than 3.6 million followers on X, referencing the Trump administration’s ongoing fallout from its botched investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Operation Epic Fury began early Saturday morning after President Donald Trump authorized a series of strikes on Iran targeting its military assets. However, civilian infrastructure appears to have also been hit, including a strike on an elementary girls’ school that killed at least 85 people, according to Al Jazeera.

The juxtaposition between the brutal images of deadly U.S. strikes with the name of the operation continued to be widely mocked throughout Saturday morning.

“Operation Epic Fury sounds like [an] energy drink that gives you heart palpitations and bad decisions,” wrote X user "Crypto Intel Plug,” a cryptocurrency commentator with more than 1,600 followers.

“I love how these operation names are like the ones I used to give my little plastic soldiers when I was 5-6 yrs old,” wrote another, X user “Wonky Donkey,” a U.K.-based user and frequent commentator on British politics.