[lit-ideas] Re: The beginning of the end in Iraq
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:09:04 -0400
President Johnson proved this premise is wrong. They gave it everything
they had, napalm, more bombs than in all of WWII, 50,000 of our guys, 3
million of their people, and they still couldn't do it. Even if we did a
Dresden-style incineration of Iraq, all we would do is spread the
insurgency to other countries and it would grow there. The more we fight,
the harder they will fight. We now wage war to our detriment. We need to
start the snowball of peace rolling. It's interesting that people who are
so infused with love for democracy are so enamored of war as a solution.
> [Original Message]
> From: Judith Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/22/2006 12:55:38 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The beginning of the end in Iraq
>
> > Yeah not a bad idea. Fight to win. Put the entire army in
> > Iraq. Close the borders. Impose a news blackout. Kill all
> > the militia, from the leadership down unless they disarm.
> > Round up all the unemployed males and put them in stockades
> > for a year or so, allowing them to go out on work details to
> > rebuild. Give it a year and if it doesn't work, leave.
>
> (Caveat noted)
>
> Of course the US could "win" this one if it were prepared to use
> all its weaponry and all methods, regardless of probity and
> treaty commitments:
>
> "Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant"
>
> Judy
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