You all still seem to be missing the point. That's all the insurgents have. Let's talk about what they don't have:
1. a government 2. control of territory 3. a unifying ideology 4. broad local support from the population Insurgents have support from at least some Sunnis, but Sunnis only make up 20% of the country. Why is there so little insurgent activity in the Kurdish north and the Shiite south? Because the Kurds and the Shiites are ferreting out the insurgents and killing them. I propose we help the Shiites and Kurds strengthen the north and south, and then we set a deadline for insurgents to lay down their arms and join the political process. If they don't join by the deadline, we go in and start levelling towns along the Syrian border where the insurgents are hiding. Then we bomb anything coming across the border. We can do the same thing over on the Iranian border, too. Then we can move toward Baghdad, flattening towns along the way, and hell, we can flatten Baghdad while we're at it. It worked in WWII. What does everyone think? Isn't it a lovely plan? The Sunnis are the problem, right? So we just bomb everywhere they live until they surrender. If you object to my plan, please, feel free to put forward your own ideas for how to resolve the situation. Oh, no one has any ideas? I didn't think so. >And that wasn't happening in Vietnam? A common tactic for the Viet >Cong was to go into a newly controlled village and torture and kill >the leaders (the village hetman and his family) and the bourgeoisie - >the middle class educated people, teachers etc. > >The Iraqi insurgents are using many of the same intimidation tactics, >just more gruesome than the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong did not have the >internet though. > >larry > >On 8/16/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > around. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169628 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
