Uncle,
As I referred to before the Shias, Sunnis and the Christian Chaldean/Assyrian minority are all separating on their own as money and housing becomes available..
We need to help that..
You know the place is not monolithic. For example the Christians are heading to the outskirts of Mosul where the Moslems speak a different dialect and have more or less lived in peace with the Christians for a very long time..
While is the Capital the Sunnis especially have been kidnapping the Christians to a tune of about 500,000 a month ransom.
Sader City is the root of the Shia terrorist activity most likely where the Iranian agents hide and run operations.
It has a population of 2 million but is only about 8 square miles.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/sadr-city-imagery1.htm
The Shia have their Militia let them run the place.. the Sunni have their Miltia..
Close off the smaller streets leadiing out of Sadr City with concrete barracades and establish check dual check points. One managed by the Shia and the outside one by the Sunnis. Now everyone who goes in and out will be scrutinized by the other side the Sunnis will look to find the Bombs and Bomb maker of the Shia and vice versa.
Then we make it clear we will depose the leaders of either side if we are attacked in their area and they do not find the attackers or reveal them to us.
This war is being run on ourside by Light Fighters, first person shooters. Big mistake..
Originally this was a Mech Armor conflict now it is an Combat Engineering war. Detecting Vehicle borne mines and land mines are combat engineering tasks and require controlling the roads, the passage of people and material.
Combat Engineers should be the leaders in this mess. Backed by Mech Armor folks who can take the high explosives which are causing somewhere around 80% of the causalties at this time..
Having our youngsters run around in Thin Skinned wheeled Vehicles like Humvee' Strykers and LAVs conducting "Presence Patrols" is assinine..
"Delivery" Service of our Warriors lives to the terrorists.
We get jumped all the time because of that stupid "Presence Patrol" Technique..
There are plenty of ways to do Combat Patrols that are far different and better.
The idea is to hire the Iraqi young men where ever possible and get them involved in building housing or Security Zones along the borders of Syria and Iran, and between the Shia in the North and Sunis in the South.
Control of the roads means Combat Engineering, denying the enemy freedom of movement.
W