Posted on 02/19/2007 8:45:12 AM PST by 68skylark
EXCLUSIVE: THE FULL 11 POINT PLAN FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ by General David Petraeus Commander of all U.S. Forces in Iraq, Admiral William Fallon, Centcom Commander, Middle East, and Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
This is the 11 point plan that the men in charge of U.S. Victory in Iraq have submitted to The White House, The Pentagon and the State Department, and which will serve as the blueprint for victory in Iraq. It has been brought to me and confirmed by sources both inside and outside of the Military.
This plan allays a principle fear of both John McCain and mine that we would be just sending in reinforcements without a specific battle plan, and our young American servicemen would just be rolling around waiting to get blown up, or sitting around waiting to get mortared. This is a masterful, aggressive and detailed battle plan unfolding, which makes the fuzzy headed and entirely politically motived Congressional actions being taken by the Democrats particularly absurd, annoying, damaging, and undermining of the U.S. Military and the Nation’s best interests.
1. U.S. troops are to be gradually pulled back from all Iraqi cities and towns and sent to seal the borders with Iran and Syria. The real insurgency is not indigenous to Iraq, but being pumped in through Iran and Syria.
2. Ramadi and Baghdad will be two of a handful of initial principle exceptions, as major U.S supported military engagements are in process in Baghadad and gearing up in Ramadi.
3. Iraqi Military Units meeting standards of “militia cleansing” ( ie militia free ) and ideologically dedicated to a United Iraq will be upgraded to Elite Status and given full operational autonomy.
4. Generals and leaders from Saddam’s Baath party, many out of work for three years, will be encouraged to rejoin the military enticed with high-pay and bonuses designed to serve as retrograde pay for their time off. The Baath party generals will be key to victory in Al Anbar Province, as I will lay out later today or tomorrow.
5. The state of security in each Area of Operations will dictate the tempo of U.S. pullback from towns to the Iranian and Syrian borders.
6. A massive assault is shortly due to be launched on Ramadi, the capital of Al Qaeda, and the remnants of the Sunni Insurgency, in Iraq. Ramadi has degenerated to a sort of post-modern trench warfare, Marines and Soldiers locked away in a variety of new urban outposts, while all the schools have finally been closed and it is nigh on impossible for the average citizen to conduct his daily life. The deadlock must be broken, and Al Qaeda must finally be ejected.
7. We will be “firing” most of the Sunni Tribal chieftans who we had been relying on as our major allies in fighting Al Qaeda in Al Anbar. The young chieftains were just absolutely no match for the superior Al Qaeda warriors, and outside of Ramadi their roles will be replaced by the new Baathist Generals brought into the mix. Al Qaeda had been going in for the kill on the Sunni tribes in the last few months, and we are employing such aggressive action to turn it around. I will shortly give a scoop as to how we are going to use the locals inside Ramadi itself.
8. Massively step up talks with, and put pressure on, those Sunni tribal leaders we have not been able to bring over to our side. Saudi Arabia will be involved with this.
9. Immediate, highly visible Infrastructure improvement first focused on the peaceful and cooperative areas of Mosul, Amara and Karbala. The idea is to make other areas around jealous of the rapidly modernizing cities, in order to incent them to tow the line of cooperation with the new Iraqi Government.
Such improvements will include, but are not limited to dozens of new bridges being built to accommodate the literally trebling of auto ownership in Iraq since the liberation; the building of many new hospitals to modern standards of medicine ( Ever been to an Iraqi hospital? Just stay home where it’s cleaner and send someone to fetch some drugs ); a massive campaign for fresh American private sector investment, and a raising of all school standards, with a centerpiece of several new universities being built.
10. Electoral Reform: The old system of national parties selecting candidates for positions was believed to have unfairly tipped the balance in favor of the Shiites and led to too many Pro-Iranian, Pro-Achmedinejad candidates ( like the nutbag terrorist Al Sadr ) receiving too many seats in the parliament. A new system of local candidates simply stepping forward and adding their name to the ballot will instead prevail.
11. And finally, a census will be taken. Believe it or not, we do not who is where nor how many of them there are.
This is the official, mostly secret 11 Point Plan for Success.
Starting tomorrow I will begin giving you the blow by blow updates on actual on the ground progress and upcoming, releasable, tactical plans.
1. We win.
2. Terrorists lose.
All right, I mostly won't tell anybody.
12) FIND THE MONEY
Sounds good, but point one sounds potentially disastrous. A significant part of thet error is indeed casued by Iraqis.
error = terror
How many troops will be at the borders of Iran & Syria? Won't this make them a tad nervous?
Good! Make em nervous!
Quote: 9. Immediate, highly visible Infrastructure improvement first focused on the peaceful and cooperative areas of Mosul, Amara and Karbala. The idea is to make other areas around jealous of the rapidly modernizing cities, in order to incent them to tow the line of cooperation with the new Iraqi Government.
Would an educated man like the general write "tow the line" rather than using the proper phraseology "toe the line", or permit his staff to do so?
The citation also mistakenly uses 'principle' (intellectually first in importance) when the context appears to demand 'principal' (organizationally first in importance).
I think this is someone's wish list, actually. Not the worst, but not real either.
Well we may be reading a summary that someone else wrote. To be honest, occasional typos often appear in military writing. (Now that you mention it, I'm not sure if "incent" is a valid word in standard English -- though we all know what it means. And if we're picking nits, I note that the first part of point 9 isn't a complete sentence.)
It's not picking nits.
"Tow the line" is one of those gaffes which educated people aren't likely to make, much like using the phrase "beg the question" rather than "pose the question" ("beg the question" means to to assume the truth of the point raised in a question).
- It is "let freedom ring," not "let freedom reign," although I can see an argument for either phrase.I'm sure there are a few other phrases for which I could use some corrections, but that's enough for now.
- It's "row to hoe," not "road to hoe."
- This is trickier, but I think the phrases "hold your peace" and "speak your piece" are both correct, and neither phrase would be correct if we switch the word peace/piece.
- The word "cachet" (for a hidden store of weapons, for example) is pronounced "cash," not "ca-SHAY." Everyone in the military seems to get this wrong, so we might have to say the alternative has now become acceptable through constant repetition.
cachet (ka-shay)
1 the state of being respected or admired; prestige : no other shipping company had quite the cachet of Cunard.
2 a distinguishing mark or seal.
3 a flat capsule enclosing a dose of unpleasant-tasting medicine.
cache (kash)
a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place : an arms cache
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