You “honor” the soldiers by turning them loose and letting them clean house, once and for all.
Leave the Islamic world with one big fear...that America MIGHT come back if they don’t behave.
It is my understanding that a war must be declared and approved by Congress. This police action was. However, there was a caveat attached and that was restraint and some very odd Rules of Engagement, especially for the Marines who are not trained to hold back. It’s just at that point I knew that although it had been approved this was not a war we should be engaged in, primarily because we have our own resources to draw from in the areas of strategic stockpiles of fuels, Metals, Etc. I am not sure why we’re there, except to try and maintain some stabilization in an area which has been unstable for centuries.
I do not see an end nor an exit strategy.
Win or go home.
Leave the Islamic world with one big fear...that America MIGHT come back if they don’t behave.
On the Inhabitants of the Middle East200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead because their legends tell of fire from the sky.
I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth, shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.
I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with "If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you", and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obeisance.
I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea .. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.
By BlueLancer
13 SEP 01