“They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.” – Ronald Reagan
One over the world strategy: Separate peaceful Muslims from radical Islamofascist terrorists. Annihilate the later.
Mission: Reduce the risk of terrorism by eliminating as many terrorists/terrorist supporters/terrorist sympathizers/terrorist cells as possible in order to reduce the terrorist threat to a manageable level of risk, and to prevent any further “catastrophic” terrorist attacks on US soil or US interests abroad.
Phase 1 – Leave the Middle East immediately – Bring home Personnel, sensitive items, and equipment; leave everything else – literally.
Rationale for Decision:
1. Loss of personal lives, war casualties, we are “breaking” the US military, and we are not properly taking care of returning War Vets.
2. Economic. The costs do not justify the benefits. Therefore, this is not a just War, but an unnecessary ineffective War. We must find a better solution to defeating radical Islamofascist terrorists.
3. The current counterinsurgency military strategy is the wrong military strategy to fight the War on Terrorism. Furthermore, we went after the wrong “enemy” invading and occupying Iraq v. going after the real terrorists (predominantly Al Qaeda and the Taliban). Lastly, we are fueling the Jihad. Proof of the later lies in the hidden truth that Al Qaeda has spread like the plaque throughout the entire Middle East – Yemen being the most recent hot spot identifier of the spread of radical Islamofascist terrorism. The combination of the above missteps – wrong enemy, wrong military strategy, and wrong diplomatic strategy has turned against us the very people (non-combatants) we are trying to help. Invading and occupying sovereign Muslim nations killing innocent civilians is not the way to win the War on Terrorism. Proof – We have been there for 8+ years with absolutely no end in sight, no results, and no exit strategy; this with an astronomical price tag and a colossal loss of life. The unintended consequences of this unjust War far out way the risks of leaving and having another terrorist attack on US soil. We assume this risk regardless of our presence in the Middle East. Proof – The Ft. Hood terrorist massacre. Furthermore, as US forces leave the pre-determined hot spot of the month, squelch the resistance there, suicide bombers/terrorists of mostly smaller factions/and militant tribal clans smartly move to another area creating another hot spot of the month. We cannot continually be putting out these hot spots chasing all of these terrorists all over Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Pakistan. The US was initially in Afghanistan. Then we went to Baghdad, then several other areas all over Iraq. Now we are back in Afghanistan. As soon as all of these terrorists see US forces leaving Iraq for Afghanistan they will go back into Baghdad. Proof – As the US is drawing down forces in Iraq and expanding the War in Afghanistan one of the deadliest suicide bombs yet struck Baghdad on December 8, 2009 killing 127 (perpetrated and executed by the Iraqi Security Force alongside Al Qaeda). This is truly unbelievable and enormously disappointing. It is also very telling. These insiders and terrorists will continue to run and kill wherever the US is not, not where the US is. This will never end. Nothing permanent can come of it. And, there is no way out. Surges are temporary, and with the renewed and increasingly deadly attacks of late in Baghdad proof positive that surges do not and will not provide long-term sustainable peace in the Middle East.
4. US diplomacy and foreign policy in the Middle East has failed. Muslim nation governments are too corrupt and religiously motivated for outside non-Muslim nations to fix via a military counterinsurgency. The proof of corruption is endless. The intimate details of the battle at Tora Bora in December, 2001 would disgust most Americans. More importantly, the aforementioned event proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Muslim brothers will protect their own over American interests no matter what. It is failed logic to partner with the corrupt Karzai Afghan government as a means to defeating the Taliban. Proof lies in the 8 murdered CIA operatives on December 30, 2009 by an Afghani insider being trained by the CIA. This same mistake was made in Iraq when the US incorrectly conjoined with the Ba’ath Party loyalists sympathetic to Saddam Hussein (whom the current Iraqi government just named along with the Iraqi Security Forces and Al Qaeda in the mass suicide bombings in Baghdad on Dec 8, 2009). Leaving is not only the best worst option it will increasingly be the only option as time goes by. These corrupt and incompetent governments do not want our help, nor do they deserve our help. The United States of America has spilled enough American blood and treasure for the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. We owe them nothing – not one more American life, not one more American dollar.
Phase 2 – Develop another way of winning the War on Terrorism. There is a more effective (results) and efficient (cost) way of fighting this War.
1. Use Special Operations Forces. Only at night, no occupation, no boots on the ground, total destruction in and out in less than 12 hours.
2. Bomb identified known terrorist cells and hot spots using drones. Use the USAF and Israeli Air Force (both the best in the world) to bomb specific targets regardless of permission, status or origin (Pakistan for example).
3. Non – military education of civilians and governments in the Middle East primarily the youth and educated elite. We are leaving, and we promise not to first strike nuclear against any Muslim nation. We need your help to weed out these radical Islamofascist terrorists. With or without your help, consent, or support the US will seek out and destroy terrorists wherever they are. Any terrorist attack on US soil or a US Embassy will be answered with total destruction of the terrorist cell regardless of the origin or status of this terrorist cell.
4. Put The US on lock down. Total lock down to prevent another 911 from occurring immediately following withdrawal. Give our Troops a welcome home victory party for dismantling Al Qaeda and the Taliban enough so that our special operations forces can “finish the job”. No time table. Strategy and Mission in short: Conduct continuous ongoing military and educational operations until the radical Islamofascist terrorist threat is reduced so that Americans and the World can live in peace. The risk of terrorism is not going to go away entirely. Our goal should not be to completely eliminate terrorism, but to reduce terrorism to a level of manageable risk. Over time this could change, but it is naïve and overconfident to think we will wipe out all the Worlds terrorists in 18 months in Afghanistan (as Obama stated in his speech at West Point) or Iraq (as Bush originally believed). Furthermore, setting a “date” just tells the terrorists to hole up and stop fighting for 18 months creating the illusion to US politicians and the American public that we are “winning”. The terrorists then have the ability to re-engage the US military on their own terms after they have rebuilt, rearmed, reestablished positions, ammo, and personnel. This happened in Vietnam (yes, another parallel that Obama is overlooking). North Vietnam initially signed a peace armistice in Paris in 1972. The US pulled out all of our troops. The Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army rebuilt and rearmed toppling Saigon in 1975; breaking the peace treaty they originally agreed to in 1972. The World then declared the US lost the War. The difference of “pulling out” of the Middle East v. Vietnam lies in the execution of Phase 2 – Special Operation Forces, Bombing Campaigns, non-military initiatives (educating and informing the youth and educated elite all over the Middle East – including Iran), and US lock down.
The last word – Terrorism is not going away unless we confront these cowardly men head on with overwhelming annihilating force.
Stay Positive! Think Positive! Act Positive! Be Positive!
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