[lilylangtree]

This American found the solution to the problem with our soldiers being sitting ducks for the Iraqi sniper terrorists. Couldn't something similar be done?

General "Black Jack" Pershing was born September 13th, 1860 near Laclede, MS. He died July 15th, 1948 in Washington, D.C.

Highlights of his life include:

*1891 Professor of Military Science and Tactics University of Nebraska.
*1898 Serves in the Spanish-American War.
*1901 Awarded rank of Captain.
*1906 Promoted to rank of Brigadier General.
*1909 Military Governor of Moro Province, Philippines.
*1916 Made Major General.
*1919 Promoted to General of the Armies.
*1920 Comes to many defense industries to thank them for their help in WWI.
*1921 Appointed Chief of Staff.
*1924 Retires from active duty. Educated at West Point.

THE KEY:

Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by Muslim extremists. So General Pershing captured 50 terrorists and had them tied to posts for execution.

He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the, now horrified, terrorists. Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others won't even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc., is to be instantly barred from paradise (and those virgins) and doomed to hell.

The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pig's blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad. The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorist's bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc.

They let the 50th man go. And for the next forty-two years, there was not a single Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world.

Maybe it is time for this segment of history to repeat itself, perhaps in Iraq? The question is where do we find another Black Jack Pershing?

[Archangelsk]

It's not a special operations or conventional army duty. It is a law enforcement duty. Unfortunately, simple minds often come up with simple solutions and we get "nation building".

As for the Black Jack Pershing story, one man's terrorist is often another man's patriot and nationalist.

[Arkinsaw]

My opinion is the same as it was in Afghanistan. We go in, we overthrow the regime, then we get the heck out with a warning that we can AND WILL be back in 5 minutes if necessary to depose another regime that is insane. Then the Iraqis can form any government they want their own way but if they let the crazies take over we will come back for another thunder run.

[joesnuffy]

we told the Iraqis we were at war with Saddam Hussein and his cronies not
the Iraqi people or the nation of Iraq
And if the nation of Iraq says go home and we stay...there are those who are not gonna like it
They will be supported by Saudi Arabia Iran Syria Libya Egypt Sudan France Canada Germany Russia China Cuba and dang near half of America
Infidels cannot occupy an Islamic nation without the muslims fighting back and the fight joined by other muslims..
We need nice attenuated muslims to plant at the heads of all their institutions...and all the mullahs/imams have to be gotten rid of but we aint gonna do that...
The best thing to do is to take half their oil until they have paid off their terror debt and then cut them loose