Iraq, Isolationism, Etc.authentichrisFebruary 4 2007, 05:03:03 UTC
I don't know what to do in Iraq at this point; I really don't. I think that if we are going to remain, we have to change tactics; if we're not going to have the stomach for viciousness, and to meet force with force, we need to leave. I don't think that we owe it to the Iraquis to rebuild their country; they've never been a trading partner, andlike Russia, they don't have the institutional democracy that places like Belgium, Germany, and England had. Even a rebuilt iraq can be democratic and oppose us with ferocity.
but we're there. What to do?
1.) Declare victory, offer the opportunity for democracy, and leave.
2.) Go after Syria/ Iran and destroy its infrastructure.
3.) Stay with the resolve to give no quarter to the enemy, to have no sacred area, and to be as vicious as necessary to FORCE the enemy into submission, and then to rebuild them from there to be a relevant force.
4.) Leave Bagdhad, go to the borders and blast the hell out of anything that comes in, let the insurgency die a slow death, then take above steps.
Iraq would have been palatable if this Administration had been genuine about the reasons for entering; to secure our interests, etc etc. Saddam was nothing if not into self preservation, and he did not have the heart to provoke us with a WMD, nor was he anything more than a convenient and temporary ally of al queda.
I don't know what to do, but to have empty rhetoric; how far we've fallen that we're not wiling to rebuild Iraq? C'mon; we don't rebuild Georgia, we don't rebuild Darfur, we don't rebuild damn Louisiana*. Let it be, market forces, baby. Remove the distortion in the market. Let it be known that we can and will come back if the resulting government displeases us.
And do it.
*for those of you that are watching, FEMA is a joke, should be abolished and not expanded. It was well funded, but under an accounting mandate to spend its money each year. An insurance fund, forced into government practices; no retention of funds, etc, etc. Blah. Abolish, let Nationwide/AIG/Whoever take its place.
but we're there. What to do?
1.) Declare victory, offer the opportunity for democracy, and leave.
2.) Go after Syria/ Iran and destroy its infrastructure.
3.) Stay with the resolve to give no quarter to the enemy, to have no sacred area, and to be as vicious as necessary to FORCE the enemy into submission, and then to rebuild them from there to be a relevant force.
4.) Leave Bagdhad, go to the borders and blast the hell out of anything that comes in, let the insurgency die a slow death, then take above steps.
Iraq would have been palatable if this Administration had been genuine about the reasons for entering; to secure our interests, etc etc. Saddam was nothing if not into self preservation, and he did not have the heart to provoke us with a WMD, nor was he anything more than a convenient and temporary ally of al queda.
I don't know what to do, but to have empty rhetoric; how far we've fallen that we're not wiling to rebuild Iraq? C'mon; we don't rebuild Georgia, we don't rebuild Darfur, we don't rebuild damn Louisiana*. Let it be, market forces, baby. Remove the distortion in the market. Let it be known that we can and will come back if the resulting government displeases us.
And do it.
*for those of you that are watching, FEMA is a joke, should be abolished and not expanded. It was well funded, but under an accounting mandate to spend its money each year. An insurance fund, forced into government practices; no retention of funds, etc, etc. Blah. Abolish, let Nationwide/AIG/Whoever take its place.
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