[Travis McGee]

We need to stand back and let the Iraqis wipe out the Baathist thugs and gangsters. We will do nobody a favor by going soft on them, they will be a viper under our shirt as long as they live. Let the Iraqis finish them off, many thousands need the Mussolini end treatment.

[ArrogantBustard]

Let the Iraqis finish them off, many thousands need the Mussolini end treatment.

Pretty much what I have in mind. That and the Romanians with Ceaucesceau.

[XJarhead]

We need to stand back and let the Iraqis wipe out the Baathist thugs and gangsters. We will do nobody a favor by going soft on them, they will be a viper under our shirt as long as they live. Let the Iraqis finish them off, many thousands need the Mussolini end treatment.

Agreed. That may encourage some of the thugs not in Basra to get the hell out of wherever they are, and it could start a bit of a domino effect in southern Iraq.

[Aggie Mama]

Agreed. I think it is important for the Iraqi people to start feeling a sense of power again. They have to rise up and take their freedom and all of the responsibilities that come with it.