So we let Ramadi and Faluja fall to the wayside? Not a practical approach. If we did do that the cells would just move to a city that wasn't locked down as tightly.
I say loosen the ROE (Rules of Engagement), completely back out of the worst neighborhoods allowing them to either duke it out, or police themselves, but maintain a tight cordon around those areas to prevent the escape of insurgents. Only one of two things will happen. Either the regular people will step up, or they will die. Either way it works out for us in the long run. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Iraq: "Death To America" > > > 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:212826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
