I'm glad to see that you read my long post. I still hope that Bush will walk the walk before his term is up. So it's likely you will see this posted idea again and again as I've been hoping to start a Meme that will lead to action. What do you think of my strategic bombing idea? If we bomb Iran's oil industry out of existence, and put Iranians on foot and in the dark, they will have a hard time being a threat. And when we have cleaned up Iraq enough to free up troops, it should be easy to do a regime change.
I think you have a good idea.
Thanks for posting it.
It was my pleasure. I like your first iteration as well, which was a tad more succinct. But the further elaboration was a good read.
I still hope that Bush will walk the walk before his term is up.
I emphatically do too. This is our country at stake. This isn't about politics. Unfortunately, the politics of the internal enemy within are being weighted too heavily in his calculations by all signs. I could be wrong, but it appears as far as waging a "global" WOT, W has given up. Not realizing that as a "quitter" the verdict of history against him will be profoundly more grave...
So it's likely you will see this posted idea again and again as I've been hoping to start a Meme that will lead to action.
I commend you. That is a good idea. But you will need to make for something a little more than the odd post here and there around the web. I suggest a Blog or web site with the idea in summary form, and then with a fleshed out series of proposed PDD's for the President to implement...and then to give it some urgency and "push" how about having a Petition Drive as part of it? Get about 50,000 signatures, and present it to the White House.
What do you think of my strategic bombing idea? If we bomb Iran's oil industry out of existence, and put Iranians on foot and in the dark, they will have a hard time being a threat.
Totally spot-on...this is undoubtedly the most sensible way to proceed. But it shouldn't be dithered on to have maximal effect. And I am leery of this Administration, as above, doing anything let alone this. Look at how they pulled the rug out from under Israel, when the IDF had only just started getting seriously effective after Hezbollah...as the more profane Freepers would say...WTF??!
And when we have cleaned up Iraq enough to free up troops, it should be easy to do a regime change.
Possibly. But we need to do it right this time. We need to be willing to see massive internal bloodshed. Adhmanejad undoubtedly would have another "insurgency" strategy to try and counter that reprise of Iraq. Hence, I would instead advocate arming an Iranian-Dissident-Only set of battallions...and back them up the way we did the Afghan militias to take down the Taliban. Let them fight it out amongst themselves. With our backing...it would be quick work. And since there is not a history of militias balkanizing the country as in Afghanistan...it is more likely to have a much better final outcome for a peaceful united society.