OT Way to go Spain; that'll teach 'em. . .

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:47:37 -0600, Scott Ferrin
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:41:34 +0200, "Emmanuel Gustin"
wrote:

"Dweezil Dwarftosser" wrote in message
...

Dubyah's favourite whine is that everyone who is not 100%
behind him is giving in to terrorism.

What would you call it, instead?

I would it call it seeking a way of fighting terrorism
which is driven by knowledge and common sense
instead of testosterone.

Sounds like a speech from the PHB files. Has a whole lot of fluff
that doesn't say anything. Exactly *what* would you do?


Well.....

Firstly the US needs to hand control to the UN(if they want it???),
this will allay some of the fears of the Eastern world, the UN _with_
the Arab league should pull all US troops back into their bases on day
one, The local police force should do patrols and only be backed up by
military forces with the police having the say on when force is to be
employed and when to back off.(the sooner the Iraqi's see an Eastern
soldier instead of US/UK forces the better).

There are a number of problems with this, the main one being the US
with its 'I'm in charge attitude', they must be seen to cede control
to an international body both in spirit and in practice(strangly this
was suggested before the war started).

The second major problem is the attitude that the US has fostered in
Iraq, its now much harder to sell any foreign troops in Iraq as peace
keepers, they are seen as a occupying force and as such its an
infinitley harder job.

Local neibourhood watch schemes arranged by the Clergy (as this was
the only structure left after occupation, as the Army, security
services, Police, were desbanded, now that was a big mistake!!!), This
will give local autonomy to the people, they may choose their area to
be a no go area to the US, but they should accept that foreign troops
are required for security (Arab league to fill in here).

The last problem is to pursuade the rest of the world to come in and
risk their lives for what is undoubtly one of the worst US inspired
cock-ups, its quite easy to sit back and watch the US get deeper and
deeper, and even 'better' to watch Mr Bush and Mr Rumsfield trying to
remain credable in the face of undeniable evidence, This bailout
should not occur without a certain amount of humble pie being
consumed, the US really really needs to learn from this.
Sadly the US will continue its current policy, as humble pie is
infinitely worse than a mounting death toll and civil unrest, only a
change of Government will allow the US to back out with any dignity at
all.

Your question is a bit loaded, in the solution is a lot harder now
than it would have been if they had listened.

Rather reminds me of the old addage "if they had let all the kings
men have a go at fixing Humpty Dumpty _before_ all the kings horses
they may have had a chance of putting him back together again.

Cheers
John Cook

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