Yeah, Bill's linking again. The author's an ex-Seal with balls enough to suggest even stronger action than I have yet. If he has balls enough to say it I have balls enough to agree. Who's with me? -- Shane, it looks like you probably are. Who else?

A Modest Proposal From the Froggy Study Group
Matthew "Froggy" Heidt

There is no way to sugarcoat the situation in Iraq except to say that what the American people THINK is happening there does not reflect the reality of what is actually occurring. Perception is reality in this case and if the war is perceived to have been lost here where the decisions are made, then like Vietnam, the successes and progress we have made so far don’t count for much. I am not interested in global opinion, elite media spin, or the inane advice of another blue ribbon panel. The US military is f#cking owed its opportunity to finish what it was ordered to start. Nothing else matters, because as Charlie Rangel says, nobody in this country has any connection to the military anyway so why should they care if we want the job done right?

Here’s my strategy for… well, whatever. President Bush has a very narrow timeframe to pursue the victory that he still claims to want in Iraq. He is outta here in two years and nobody but nobody who gets elected President will have a mandate for anything other than total withdrawal from Iraq. In other words, act now, while supplies last. The best chance that the Iraqi military will be able to take over control of its territory is if that territory has been purged of terrorists and militias. I say that we begin that purge… in earnest. The Iraqi Army is not ready for that kind of intense and complex operation so let’s just allow them to sit back in reserve while we commence the bombardment of areas like Sadr City and Ramadi and other areas where undesirables are concentrated. I’m not talking a Fallujah style takedown either-I’m talking a Dresden/Tokyo style deal. Surround the city/neighborhood, tell the military age males who don’t want any trouble to depart the city to the west, the rest to the east, wait a week, and bu-bye. Linebacker III

What will this accomplish? First of all, these kind of definitive tactics when used against a Sunni (Ramadi) town and a Shia (Sadr City) town will have a profound psychological impact on non-al Qaida enemy elements in Iraq. Having threatened and delivered on this threat a total annihilation of two key anti-government strongholds, the next town that we start encircling will start seeing things the way we do and begin to address their own problem children. ...

*** 2006.12.08

See also: Ace Gets Real

Contributed by Bill Faith on December 6, 2006 at 05:16 PM in Bill Faith, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Syria | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Rurik

I'll tell you the same thing I told Froggy.

There is another way. Take the Dhimmis and the Abu Bakerites at thier word. Pull out all troops now, and send in the entire Peace Corps. Also Americorps, VISTA, the Job Corps, and those wonderfull JAG Rangers. Maybe a battalion of State Department shock negotiators. One of two things will happen and either way America will win. And maybe a company of Hollywood entertainers.
One unlikely possibility is that I will be proven completely wrong, and the nation-builders will succeed in bringing peace, tranquility and prosperity to Iraq. America will have won a great victory. And I will be happy to admit to being wrong about everything.
The other, much more likely, possibility is that the peace people all will be raped, massacred, and tortured in no particular sequence, with no survivors, except those kept as hostages. But that might well be, in the long run, an even bigger victory for America.

Posted by: Rurik | Dec 9, 2006 12:51:38 PM