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God rest the souls of these brave soldiers, and God comfort their comrades and loved ones. I have said it before and will do so again now...the solution to the type of atrocity and resistance that Fallujah and other places in Iraq have recently seen, as small a minority as they are of the whole of Iraqis, is direct and brutal for the combatants and those providing them sanctuary and support. To whit: Pull our troops back to the perimeter around Fallujah. Inform the inhabitants and fighters that negotiations are over and that they have 24 hours to evacuate any male under the age of 13 and over the age of 65 and woman and children. Inform them that the death or injury of any who are held against their will or who elect to remain will be on the heads of the militants and tell them this up front...no bones about it, no further negotiations. Process those electing to leave the city through checkpoints looking for any known resistors. Hold any of those who are armed or trying to escape for indefinite internment and intense interrogation. Offer the same 24 hour period to any male between 13 and 64 who wants to surrender and direct them to a different location. Those showing up there without weapons are subject to indefinite internment and intense interrogation. Armed resistors are killed on site. After 24 hours, use MOAB and ARLITE bombing to level the entire place. Then send in one hundred D-9 Cats to level out the rubble with enough dirt and top soil to effectively bury the dead. Salt the ground and soak it with swine fat and place a sign there in the middle of what is left that reads. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Here stood Fallujah and the barbarians who once took refuge within. May the ghostly presence of those who committed atrocities against the United States of America and the Coalition Authority serve as a warning to others who considering the same. Now there remains nothing here but pig fat and salt. To all the innocent whom were allowed to escape we say...De Oppresso Liber. To all those barbarians who chose to fight we say...Sic Simper Tyranus". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMHO, at this juncture, this is all the miltant Islamics will understand...anything short of this will be viewed as weakness and subject us to continued and increased attacks. Jeff Author of, The Dragon's Fury Novel Series. A techno-thriuller series about America and the next World War

This is very true and very well put.Jeff's post 38-46 and 52 are right on the money.