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I know many even of my fondest readers have not the stomach for "what should be done". Political correctness has penetrated so deeply into the soul of Western man, that even people trying to resist it, readily succumb to the fantasies it engenders, and instinctively avoid looking reality in the eye. I have hesitated to prescribe because, if I say what I really think, people may shriek inconsolably.
... To put this plainly: the "strategy" in Fallujah should have been to make it into a parking lot, and build a Wal-Mart at one end. There would have been great loss of life, but the message to our enemies and their supporters everywhere would have been, "We will not be toyed with." Civilians whose sympathies are with the enemy cannot be won over, and have not been, by the "candy to children" approach. They must be taught that sheltering the enemy -- even involuntarily -- means sharing the enemy's fate. (The distinction between what is voluntary and involuntary soon changes under those conditions.) And this, in the longer run, is what saves millions of lives.
-- David Warren for Ottawa Citizen
Well, that sounds harsher than what I have thought, but then Mr. Warren imagines being able to win with the troops that we have on the ground. Personally, I think it is too late for this kind of muscular 'message sending.' Too many now have their back up in the game. Only a true occupation army can recover the situation now, if that.
As far as not having the stomach or the mind set for such high-handed programs, that is the argument for staying out, or at least for getting out NOW. But it looks like we will be staying the course for another two years, the remainder of President Bush's term in office, and we shall see what he can do.
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I know many even of my fondest readers have not the stomach for "what should be done". Political correctness has penetrated so deeply into the soul of Western man, that even people trying to resist it, readily succumb to the fantasies it engenders, and instinctively avoid looking reality in the eye. I have hesitated to prescribe because, if I say what I really think, people may shriek inconsolably.
... To put this plainly: the "strategy" in Fallujah should have been to make it into a parking lot, and build a Wal-Mart at one end. There would have been great loss of life, but the message to our enemies and their supporters everywhere would have been, "We will not be toyed with." Civilians whose sympathies are with the enemy cannot be won over, and have not been, by the "candy to children" approach. They must be taught that sheltering the enemy -- even involuntarily -- means sharing the enemy's fate. (The distinction between what is voluntary and involuntary soon changes under those conditions.) And this, in the longer run, is what saves millions of lives.
-- David Warren for Ottawa Citizen
Well, that sounds harsher than what I have thought, but then Mr. Warren imagines being able to win with the troops that we have on the ground. Personally, I think it is too late for this kind of muscular 'message sending.' Too many now have their back up in the game. Only a true occupation army can recover the situation now, if that.
As far as not having the stomach or the mind set for such high-handed programs, that is the argument for staying out, or at least for getting out NOW. But it looks like we will be staying the course for another two years, the remainder of President Bush's term in office, and we shall see what he can do.
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Date: 2006-12-15 09:30 pm (UTC)From: