I would have asked Congress for a declaration of war on September 16, 2001. Subsequent to that, I would have imposed full press censorship, started a Federal propaganda agency, detained all nationals of the Islamic nations and screened them for deportation.
I would have issued a call for volunteers for the purpose of expanding the army to 50-60 divisions, and asked Congress for a draft if there were not enough volunteers by December 1, 2001.
I would have expanded the USMC to ten divisions.
I would have told the people from the beginning that our goal was the conquest, occupation, and reconstruction of the Arabian peninsula and Pakistan, that it would take five years of military expansion and heavy combat but that when it was over, we would be much safer.
I would have prosecuted sedition to the full extent of the law.
I would have nationalized GM and Ford for the duration, to assure adequate supplies of military vehicles.
I would have rationed gasoline, since supplies would become very constrained.
I would have used the War Power of the People of the United States to drill for oil in Alaska, and off the California and Florida coasts.
When the 2002 elections gave me a majority of over 300 House seats and 60 Senators, I would have repealed laws blocking the construction of nuclear power stations, and I wuld have built 300-400 of them by now.
By 2006, my only problem would have been how to fund the new GI Bill for my demobilizing army, and where to find enough Arabic and Pushto speakers to run the occupation governments.
For starters.
And you would have done all those wonderful and logical things in what country? You could have never gotten any of that done even in the aftermath of 9/11 because of the Democrats.
You are opetrating in your own fantasy vacuum with the benefit of hind sight.
detained all nationals of the Islamic nations and screened them for deportation. Why? Was it a crime to be from an Islamic nation on Sep 16, 2001? Do you think it should have been? Your reverence for the First Amendment is Lincolnesque.
50-60 divisions, Sorry. With that you forfeit any credibility as someone to be taken seriously on military affairs.
I would have expanded the USMC to ten divisions. See above. That's four more than there have ever been.
I would have told the people from the beginning that our goal was the conquest, occupation, and reconstruction of the Arabian peninsula and Pakistan, So you would have alerted the Saudis, Yemenis, Omanis, Emiratis, Qataris, Bahrainis, Kuwaitis and Pakistanis that we were coming to conquer them long before we had the ability to do so.
Hindsight is 20/20 only for some people.
I like it.
I can't figure out all of the Divisions stuff. Sixty Divisions seems like a lot, but there should be expansion and there should be a lot of incentives in the form of an enhanced GI Bill and more. Still, I do like a lot of what you say.
Unfortunately, the media is against us, and the opportunities of 2001 are now lost.
It will take another hit like 9-11 to wake people up.
Yup, the crazies over there will not stop until we take them out. I hope that we don't have to lose NYC or some other places before we wise up. I think it is coming though.