Jane's ROE And Plan For Ultimate Victory In Iraq

I am sick of the pussy whimp RINOS in Washington fighting this war like a game of Stratego, in their fluffy club chairs from the comfort of Deer Island. We need to get this done old school. And by "old school", I don't mean YALE, Bushie.

1. Crank the bulldozer and clear adequate fields of fire around all friendly installations to prevent insurgent sniping, targeting, and observation. A mile in every direction should cover it. Cash to the civilians for the loss of their homes and soccer balls to all the kids.  Clear out the places for the rats to scurry, and the scab picking will cease.

2. Follow "The Powell Doctrine" to the letter. Period. Responding with "like kind" weaponry when returning fire into a mosque only gives the insurgents an opportunity to run away and shoot at us from someplace else. We all saw the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indi wastes the Arab arrogant enough to bring a sword to a gun fight. Level all staging areas of repeated attacks. All. The locals hate us "white crusaders" bent on destroying their culture and religion anyway, and they could not hate us with any more passion, so what is one more pile of bricks they used to call a "mosque ? A turd by any other name.

3. Wad up the page from the play book on winning "Hearts and Minds". The Arab mind, especially the Wahhabi flavor, views kindness as weakness. Distasteful as it is to admit, the reason Saddam was successful in keeping the "peace" was through consistency of fear. Certainly, he took it too far, but the population respected his authority. Arabs respect power, confidence, and strength. Democracy may never fully blossom. So be it. But, in the meantime, we need for the locals to fear us slightly more than they like us so that we can do our job, complete the mission, and leave.

4. Close the borders until the job of stabilizing the infrastructure and government is complete. Firmly inform the Iraqi people that they are free to leave, but will not be permitted re-entry until such time as the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars, if that is what it takes. The border is an indefinite one -way ticket only, with no apology. Commerce be damned. Employ the restless young men in an FDR style public works work program. When the country is stable and this war is won, toss the Iraqi government the keys and say thank you very much.

5. When the war is over, establish commerce on their terms. To the Arab, we will never be accepted, so the only way to have a lasting relationship is to trade with them in a manner that allows them to keep face in accordance with their religion. So if all we get is cheaper oil, thereby limiting the regional and global influence of the Saudis, an everlasting foothold in the region, and one less dictator that murders and rapes his own populace, the rest of us might finally get to sleep as well as the fortunate sons already do.

And always will, regardless.

Comments

[Sniper One]

I much prefer Sherman or Patton to Powell... but that's me.

Then again there is the alternative method of attaching a super-soaker full of pig blood to the side of M-4.

Religious sensitivity... not while they are killing us.

[JANE SAYS: AMEN! Dip those hollow points in bacon grease, Bomb "Dresden", NO LIMITS. This is WAR, not CROQUET.]

[Stealthkix]

Nothing is sexier than a woman who knows how to win a war. Your say-it-like-it-is-ness has me tingling all over.

And hell yeah to the pig blood and bacon grease. Throw in some grits and you got a deal!

[JANE SAYS: Jane can wield the bacon, AND fry it up in a pan... ;) ]

[Donkeyhue]

Right on!

I have long suggested the Mongolian strategy of diverting the Tigris and flooding the whole damn place, but then again, I am a humanist.

One very old school strategy that is being employed to great success is the use of medieval berms to better contain hot spots.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=38860

[JANE SAYS: EXcellent!!!!]

[Franklin]

Ha! "The locals hate us "white crusaders" bent on destroying their culture and religion anyway, and they could not hate us with any more passion--" That almost sounds like our own home grown liberals. snicker snicker

[JANE SAYS: It may be the ONLY thing they have right! But the difference is, it is true IN SPITE of the War, not as the Libs theorize, BECAUSE of the War.]

[John D. Infidel]

Jane,
You should be Secretary of Defense! I mean really you should. Or President. We need real leadership NOW!
Heres my take: http://www.i-infidel.blogspot.com/2007/04/help-wanted-leadership-in-time-of-war.html
Yours in Liberty!
John D Infidel

[Miss Carnivorous]

Jane for Secretary of Defense!