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HITRAP
Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Responsibility, Accountability and People.

by Robert L. Pappas,
Col. USMC (RET)

“Carrot and Stick,” This is the “Carrot”

Every time the writer sees, hears or reads about another American becoming a casualty in Iraq, he cannot help but see the faces of the Democrat Candidates and their cohorts rising in the plumes of smoke that invariably accompany a roadside ambush. Those candidates knew, or being smarter than the rest of us, should have known that the remains of Hussien’s defunct regime and “foreign fighters” were encouraged by their rhetoric. Of course they did, and they didn’t care! Remember, and never forget, the left, American or otherwise, and the Bathists who are latter day Marxists, have the same political agenda, permanent acquisition of dictatorial power!

Those Candidates’ behavior effectively lent aid and comfort to the enemy and that has made the security mission more difficult and dangerous for American servicemen serving in Iraq. It has jeopardized the success of the overall mission, which of course, is precisely what the Democrat Candidates had hoped for so they could ride in on their black steed and rescue us from success. In another era, they would have been charged with treason and hung, and should have been.

Now that Democrats have so inflamed their leftist base and given aid and comfort to the enemy, the following is one, but a necessary prescription of how to stop the “insurgency” abroad and “put a sock in it” at home.

1. Seal off “x” “hotbed” of terrorists, without warning.
2. Evacuate all inhabitants to a compound within sight of the city.
3. Search them for weapons and look at every face.
4. Separate the “sheep” from the “goats” and confiscate their weapons.
5. Provide evacuees with the essentials for survival and health.
6. Treat them humanely and with compassion.
7. Respect their practice of religion and their religious artifacts.
8. Teach them love and respect for themselves and for others (including women).
9. Explain that harboring terrorists is not in their best interests.
10. Surround the compound with “Guard” pigs.
11. Flatten “x, y, or z” “hotbed.”
12. Bring in bulldozers and M-1s and finish the job.
13. Send any remaining resistance to a permanent visit with their “72 virgins.”
14. Slaughter the “Guard” pigs and pour their blood over the ruins.
15. Provide evacuees with the tools to rebuild, better, somewhere.
16. Take any little kids who throw stones or anything else into custody and “screw their heads on straight.” (It’s too late for their dads and elder brothers, they get the “virgins.”)
17. Repeat as necessary.
18. Their hearts and minds will follow.

Would it work? Guaranteed! Anybody but the writer have the cajones to do it? We’ll see.

Happy 229th Birthday Marines.

Semper Fidelis

Copyright © November 10th, 2004, by Robert L. Pappas. With proper attribution, this essay may be quoted and redistributed. It may not be used in any way, in conjunction with any advertisement without the author’s expressed written permission.