“I think that proposal would bring the struggling Iraqi economy to a total collapse, and you really do not want the Iraqi soldiers to babysit the Americans do you?”
Is it our war, or their war? If it is just our war and they are just watching, I have no problem with their economy collapsing.
But why would it have to collapse? By having goods delivered outside the city to warehouses, and having trucks from the city that have been secured, to pick up said deliveries and bring them into the city is a minor inconvenience.
Buses could pick up citizens from parking places outside the city also a minor inconvenience, or do you prefer the daily car bombing?
As for the Iraqi soldiers babysitting our troops, why not? Is it our war or theirs? Whats wrong with Iraqi troops that we have trained and equipped and paid, pulling cars off the road before our troops pass, do you prefer the suicide bomber swerving into our troops?
Actually the Post´s article is just a summary of the actual article written by Lt. Col. Paul Yingling.
For the real article and his arguments on the conduct of this and other wars go here:
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/05/2635198
Suicide bombs via automobile or truck is only one of the problems. It won’t solve IED’s on the road, which have proven to be very, very deadly.