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Tophat665 · 04-02-2004, 05:24 PM

Now, I admit I haven't read all of the previous posts, but from what I did read, it seems to me like this is mostly an argument on whether or not we should ever have gone, and, having done so, whether we should still be there.

This is entirely beside the point. We are there. Y'all know how I feel about that. In fact, there is only one thing that I can think of that I agree with Dubya on is this - Iraq is integral to the war on terror. Change that "is" to a "was" and we disagree again (and I don't think he knows what the word integral mean or how to say it). But the fact remains, we are there and, like it or not, it is part of the war on terror.

So that brings us round to two things: What to do about it and how to stop it from happening again.

I think even the most ardent peacenik would agree that we are stuck in Iraq. It's not so much a matter of how to get us out right now as how to get us out in the minimum amount of time with the smallest loss of life on both sides as possible, and in such a way that the bloodthirsty bastards who dragged us over there to begin with don't have an easy excuse to do it all again.

My gut instinct is to give everyone in Faluja 15 minutes to get out of town, then burn and bulldoze the thing. Or maybe tattoo a red hand on the forehead of every inhabitant over the age of 11. This is, of course, no kind of solution (though I have to wonder if something severe, drastic, and thoroughly barbaric wouldn't in this day and age, shock people so much that they what? Surrender? Accept? Live in fear?)

So 1) We're there, 2) It is now a legitimate battlefield, 3) and we can't leave any time soon.

What now?

04-02-2004, 05:24 PM	#33 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Now, I admit I haven't read all of the previous posts, but from what I did read, it seems to me like this is mostly an argument on whether or not we should ever have gone, and, having done so, whether we should still be there. This is entirely beside the point. We are there. Y'all know how I feel about that. In fact, there is only one thing that I can think of that I agree with Dubya on is this - Iraq is integral to the war on terror. Change that "is" to a "was" and we disagree again (and I don't think he knows what the word integral mean or how to say it). But the fact remains, we are there and, like it or not, it is part of the war on terror. So that brings us round to two things: What to do about it and how to stop it from happening again. I think even the most ardent peacenik would agree that we are stuck in Iraq. It's not so much a matter of how to get us out right now as how to get us out in the minimum amount of time with the smallest loss of life on both sides as possible, and in such a way that the bloodthirsty bastards who dragged us over there to begin with don't have an easy excuse to do it all again. My gut instinct is to give everyone in Faluja 15 minutes to get out of town, then burn and bulldoze the thing. Or maybe tattoo a red hand on the forehead of every inhabitant over the age of 11. This is, of course, no kind of solution (though I have to wonder if something severe, drastic, and thoroughly barbaric wouldn't in this day and age, shock people so much that they what? Surrender? Accept? Live in fear?) So 1) We're there, 2) It is now a legitimate battlefield, 3) and we can't leave any time soon. What now? __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.