Here's Jerry Pournelle [!]
comparing the Middle East
to Los Angeles:
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Suppose a coalition of Crips and Bloods kidnaps two Beverly Hills policemen, claims credit, and carries them off to South Los Angeles, to the politically independent city of, say, Bell Gardens.
Beverly Hills then bombs the freeways to cut off all imports of weapons and cut off the chance of transporting their hostages to Mexico. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Hawthorne Police Department send in patrol cares to evacuate LA and Hawthorne citizens. Beverly Hills bombards the community center and bus stations. A hundred people are killed. When the citizens protest they are told that since 40% of their people are gang bangers, it's time to do something about it to protect Beverly Hills. Crips and Bloods from Los Angeles throw firebombs at homes in Beverly Hills, but they don't do a lot of damage. In retaliation, BHPD patrol cars drive through Bell Gardens firing at public housing projects they are pretty certain are centers of Crip and Blood and other anti-BeverlyHillistic citizens.
Defenders of Beverly Hills Police Department point out that no one has been able to control the Crips and the Bloods and the Columbian gangs, and BHPD has no choice but to end this nonsense once and for all. There will be collateral damage, and we're all sorry. Meanwhile, BHPD is asking for Federal Funds to buy F-15's to complete the job, because they need to cut all the roads and other ways in and out of Bell Gardens to prevent Columbian gangs from reinforcing the Crips and Bloods. And anyone driving in a car is subject to attack by BHPD helicopters.
We firebombed Japan. We need national determination to end the reign of terror of the Crips and Bloods. Do what is necessary.
While I certainly wouldn't place Jerry Pournelle amongst the Lew Rockwells, Justin Raimondos and Pat Buchanans of the world (I like and respect Pournelle), that is a strained analogy if I ever heard one.