That's the whole point. You guys are saying that the country is impossible to control, but that notion is demonstrably false. As several people in the military and the Bush Admin have recently stated, Baghdad is the whole ballgame. If that's true, we could have easily flooded the city with troops and prevented any kind of organized resistance from gaining momentum. Instead, we allowed the city to spiral down into the current gangland war.
I go back to the gangland war analogy because it provides a window into what you might do to solve the current crisis. 1. Lock down Baghdad. Everything seems to be ok when the city is under curfew and cars are not allowed inside the city. Make that the norm, then slowly lift restrictions after a few months. It would have a serious impact on commerce, but more than the current violence? I doubt it. And the average Baghdad resident would feel a lot better about life. 2. Flood the city with troops. 100,000 troops and I'm not joking. Troops on every corner. It might be too late to do this effectively because we allowed the various factions to arm themselves, and we would likely take heavy casualties in the process of shutting down those groups. 3. Punish all infractions. Call it the Giuliani method of crime prevention. If we lose Baghdad, it will be because we allowed it to be lost, not because it was inevitable. On 8/8/06, Gruss wrote: > > > Keep in mind that Hussein controlled this country. It's possible, but > it takes dynamic data-driven decisions to do it ethically. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
