[Ragtime Cowgirl]

3/31/2004:

Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing

[trebb]

A lot of folks are angry because we haven't leveled the place, but if we do that, the same folks (not to mention the America-hating Dims) will howl about the "slaughter of innocents".

We'll kick up some ops and more of them will end up dead...

[SolutionsOnly]

I really doubt if our government has the stomach to really do what needs to be done. Words are one thing, actions another. I'm anxiously waiting to see what the response will be. Unfortunately, I suspect it will be woefully limp-wristed.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

 A "deliberate, precise, overwhelming" response awaits the insurgents who killed four American contractors and five U.S. soldiers March 31, the coalition's military spokesman said at a Baghdad news conference today.

 

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[Joe Boucher]

Our response should be deliberate.
We should deliberately use a stealth bomber and deliver a nuke that takes out the city and everone and everything in it.
Insatead there will be a measured spanking. Grow some balls there Mr. Bush.

[Kaslin]

I Like this the best.

"It will be at the time and the place of our choosing. We will hunt down the criminals. We will kill them or we will capture them, and we will pacify Fallujah."

[Zack Nguyen]

escorting a food convoy in Fallujah, Iraq...

Just unbelievable. They were killed trying to bring those people food.

[Alberta's Child]

As far as Fallujah is concerned, the U.S. military looks an awful lot like the contractor who toils away in a public housing project, walking through piles of sh!t so he can replace the same broken windows and the same stolen light fixtures, and sheet-rocking the same walls on a daily basis.

[Junior]

I vote for the Carthage solution.

Fallujah delenda est.

[steveegg]

I hope for two things:

• We're using the WWII definition of "pacification"
• The few innocents that may be in Fallujah get the pacification ball rolling before we do.

If point 2 doesn't happen, it wouldn't sadden me in the least to see Fallujah mentioned in the same breath as Carthage.

[familyofman]

I'd prefer a more 'Gary Cooper' approach to retribution - less talk & more action. Find the enemy & destroy them and never say a word before you take action. We don't need to be 'trash-talking' about what we're about to do.

A bit of surprise here might be a good thing.

[PattonReincarnated]

My Plan:

Step 1. Create two detention camps, separated from each other, outside of Fallujah.
Step 2. Isolate Fallujah. No entrance. No exit. Establish control points on the border of the city.
Step 3. Cut off food.
Step 4. Cut off water.
Step 5. Cut off electric.
Step 6. Drop leaflets to the citizens of Fallujah.

The leaflets will demand:

a.) All women and children under the age of 16 shall proceed on foot to control points on the border of the city within 24 hours. Any vehicle approaching a control point will be destroyed. No exceptions. Women and children will be placed in the detention camp 1.

b.) All males remaining in the city are demanded to capture or kill all anti-US and anti-New Iraq forces and bring bodies or people to control points on the border of the city. The bodies or captured must be brought on foot to the control points. Any vehicle approaching a control point will be destroyed.

c.) Weapons of all kinds must be brought to control points on the border of the city. Weapons must be delivered on foot or by cart pulled by man. Any vehicle approaching a control point will be destroyed.

The completion of items b and c will occur within one week of the women and children leaving Fallujah.

At the end of the 8 days, U.S. forces will evaluate the progress made by the men of Fallujah. If U.S. forces are not 100% confident that all terrorists and weapons have been accounted, the U.S. forces will commence with 24 hour per day carpet bombing of the city. The bombing will continue until the U.S. is 100% confident that all terrorists and weapons have been destroyed.

This plan is based on a number of principles.

i.) Women and children have been given the opportunity to leave the battlefield.

ii.) The men of Fallujah will fight for their own freedom - not U.S. forces. This is based on a greater principle a people must spill their own blood to pay for their freedom.

iii.) Any action from U.S. forces is measured. An opportunity has been given to the men of Fallujah to resolve this problem using their own means. The men of Fallujah are forewarned of the consequences of their own inaction.

iv.) If required, the action of bombing will be measured. The U.S. could destroy the city of Fallujah completely in a very short period of time. However, carpet bombing will be used, thus insuring additional time under the use of force the men of Fallujah to complete their mission. This allows the men of Fallujah to become convinced to complete their mission to turn over all terrorists and weapons to U.S. control points.

The use of force will leave no doubt in the minds of the men in Fallujah that they have two choices: freedom or death. No one should misconstrue the definition of what America views as freedom. It does not matter that the citizens of Fallujah may see that the occupation by U.S. forces as not being freedom. The people of Fallujah have temporality lost all rights define anything in their lives. It was through their own actions and inactions that the people of Fallujah have lost their rights to define their existence. They have not been proven worthy of making decisions and acting for themselves. It is a most munificent action of the United States to allow the people of Fallujah one more chance to reclaim their freedom by fighting for their own freedom.

It should be made clear that if bombing is required in this engagement, that the U.S. will not provide any assistance in rebuilding Fallujah. After this action is complete, anyone remaining alive will have to live with the consequences of their inaction.

Fallujah will serve as an example to the remainder of the Sunni triangle and Iraq. The people of Iraq will be put on notice that they have a singular mission of preventing any acts of violence against coalition forces and all people aiding in the rebuilding of Iraq.

Eight days hence, once given the example of Fallujah, all citizens of Iraq will be given the same mission to turn over all weapons, terrorists and people participating in resistance against coalition forces. All people of Iraq will be given the personal responsibility to claim their freedom. The consequences are known.