[SirLinksalot]

And so what would work?

It looks like what he advocates is what the Russians did to Chechnya ( and what we did to the Germans in WW2)--- BOMB THE HELL OUT OF THE, LEAVING NOTHING STANDING ( Just as we did in Dresden ). Then, when they DO surrender, and we are sure none of them are armed, we can treat them with mercy.

BRUTALITY FIRST, MERCY AFTER THAT.

NOTE: The Yanks burned Atlanta to the ground in the Civil War. Was that politically correct ?

[agooga]

Yes- I always believed that a brutal takeover was the right way to go, with total capitualtion followed by mercy and some limited rebuilding. Perhaps install a pro-west strong man, or just make it clear that any government that is not pro-west will be eventually smoked just like the one before it.

But we are in way too deep for that now, it seems. A switch to this type of methodology would be seen as bizarre. It might be effective, but it's radical departure from current strategy makes it impractical.

BushCo really blew their opportunity to make this thing work right out of the box.

I am very curious to see what "new" COA Bush will adopt after the holidays.