No More Mr. Nice Guy
Judging from the news from Iraq, the Sadammist-al Queda alliance is gaining momentum. Meanwhile the US response seems to be guarding strong points, restoring infrastructure and "winning the hearts and minds." I'm not one of the quagmirists, but this does have a ring of deja vu. We need to get serious about quashing this resistance now, and quite violently.
Some questions:
- Why is there any power, water or fuel being delivered to the Tikrit area? We ended the Kosovo war by turning off the lights in Belgrade (dropping aluminum chaff into power plants). McCain's idea, as I recall. This time we control the switches. Turn them off. Let it be known that the lights/fuel/water stay off until all of Saddam's people are captured.
- What are we doing taking prisoners? I thought, under martial law, that really rude things happen to people raising up arms against the military authority. Why bomb 50,000 Iraqi conscripts into jelly and then quail at shooting willing fascist guerrillas? Let people compare their $500 bounty against getting taken out and shot. I doubt the other side is taking prisoners, and the Geneva Convention does not apply to guerrillas anyway.
- Where are the trials? Justice delayed is justice denied. The thugs that tortured children in front of their parents, or shot unarmed civilians as examples should be tried, and if found guilty, hanged. This will upset the French, but for some reason, I don't care much.
Our unwillingness to confront this challenge only encourages more. We're being tested, and by our enemy's medieval rules, we are found wanting. It's only a matter of time, they figure, until we cut and run.
They may well be right.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at November 2, 2003 09:06 PM
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