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HK,

This article by Ralph Peters was published today:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/kill_muqtada_now_opedcolumnists_ralph_peters.htm

[HKMk23]

Great read. Thanks for the link.

Here's some of the best "meat and potatoes" of the piece:

If we can't leave a democracy behind, we should at least leave the corpses of our enemies.

The holier-than-thou response to this proposal is predictable: "We can't kill our way out of this situation!" Well, boo-hoo. Friendly persuasion and billions of dollars haven't done the job. Give therapeutic violence a chance.

[Emphasis mine.]