TO UNCONDITIONAL VICTORY

New York Post ^ | April 7, 2003 | VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

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'NO terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted," Gen. Ulysses S. Grant famously replied to requests for conditions from the trapped Confederate defenders of Fort Donelson in February 1862. Grant's bluntness was later reflected in Lincoln's tough policy toward Lee's troops after their surrender at Appomattox three years later. The result: The Confederacy was forced not simply to admit military defeat, but also to end chattel slavery and the ludicrous idea of a separate American state.

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[El Gato]

a few remaining Ba'athists who sign papers in hopes of an American jail rather than an Iraqi's mob's noose,

I believe the option might be between a nice quick American noose and an Iraqi mob's hands, feet, and whatever items they can get their hands on. I hear the Kurds are very good with knives.

[goldstategop]

It would be the highlight of my day to see Baghdad Bob grovel before America.