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2006-09-11 Iraq

Next up for 172nd: dealing with Sadr City

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Posted by Sherry 2006-09-11 11:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I say we cordon off the area and burn it to the ground.

Then hit it with a MOAB.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-09-11 11:58|| 2006-09-11 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 You and I both know we don't have the cajones to do what needs to be done. I know you were a using a little hyperbole, but the administration is too nice, and we care too much to take care of business. When it comes to islamofascism, you have eliminate the fighters and the supporters.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-09-11 13:49|| 2006-09-11 13:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, I can dream, can't I?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-09-11 13:51|| 2006-09-11 13:51|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope we have some way of identifying these guys or they'll just melt away to fight another day. Yeah, we may catch some, but not enough to efficiently stop the breeding process. I have no idea what a solution would look like, but this is what I think. I hope I'm missing something! :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-09-11 14:32|| 2006-09-11 14:32|| Front Page Top

#5 It is true...they (the True Believers) have no fear of death. That is the exact reason we are wasting money and lives trying to reason and "win their hearts and minds." The True Believers must be identified and eliminated.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-09-11 15:20|| 2006-09-11 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 The True Believers must be identified and eliminated.

They're all either True Believers, or True Believer Supporters. Cordon the place and burn it down. Shoot anything that tries to escape the flames.

A couple of applications of this tactic in each Islamic Hot Zone, and most of the problems with Islam would vanish overnight. The overall death toll would probably be lower as well. Oh well, guess we'll have to do it the hard way.

Posted by Texas Redneck 2006-09-11 15:43|| 2006-09-11 15:43|| Front Page Top

#7 ...reported 1,500 violent deaths in August, roughly the same as in July, according to The Associated Press.

Now just a minute.

A few days ago it was 3,500 killed in July, and the worst ever since the fall of the Roman Empire.

So, AP - is August much better than July, or were you lying about July?

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-11 16:31|| 2006-09-11 16:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Cordon off the entire district's perimeter. Evacuate all women and children. Detain and confine any males of fighting age who attempt to leave. Burn the area to the ground and shoot anything that tries to run out.

We do this just a few times and Sadr's militia will stop fighting us. I know this is dreaming, right now. At some point in the future, it will be these sort of tactics or using nuclear weapons.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-11 16:46|| 2006-09-11 16:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Hama rules, guys, Hama rules. The way you break the back of this crap and keep it broken is the way Hafez Assad took care of the Muzzy Bros in Hama. It took 20000 dead but the Muzzy Bros in Syria have never lifted a hand since. That's what it takes and anyone who thinks differently is deluding themselves. That's why the sooner we get out of dealing with Iraqis the better off we'll be because there's no possibility of us taking that kind of decisive action. We're too hamstrung by our internal enemies.

Posted by mac 2006-09-11 17:30|| 2006-09-11 17:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Mac and Zen...Our administration is too caught up in Murtha-itis and the November elections to ever entertain the correct course of action. There are millions of innocents in Iraq. Unfortunately there are 1000s of bad guys...and the bad guys have the same impact there as they do in Compton, Bed-Stuy, and other gang-infested places in the US. The answer is like Zen says: Cordon off the rathole. Give the innocents 72 hours to leave, and annihilate the vacated area with massive airpower. The whole lot of those islamo-cockroaches are not worth a hangnail on the sorriest marine or soldier.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-09-11 22:46|| 2006-09-11 22:46|| Front Page Top

#11 The whole lot of those islamo-cockroaches are not worth a hangnail on the sorriest marine or soldier.

Bingo, 'mouse. When will our government finally realize this?

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-11 23:41|| 2006-09-11 23:41|| Front Page Top

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