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Don't be foolish SilverWarder - 15/04/2004 02:48:56 AM

By the Iraqi people, especially given the amount of time that has elapsed since Saddam's govt. was toppled and the slow and incoherent progress made since then. An iron fist may provoke a greater insurgency, not to mention cause needless bloodshed.

You're thinking like a westerner. Iraquis aren't Westerners. They may be someday, they currently are not.

Iron fist is all they know. It's what they grew up with. It's what they at least fear if not respect. The entire reason for this continuous spate of bombings and hostage taking is a lack of fear of real retaliation. Saddam just would have slaughted several neighborhoods until things went quiet again. And it would have worked.

All these things are being tried because the fundamentalist muslim perceives anything and everything western as weak.

I'm not advocating a wholesale slaughter - but an iron fist is all they understand and all that will have any chance of working in this kind of situation.

Anything else is likely to simply make things worse.

Silver Warder

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It's a terrible situation wads - 14/04/2004 10:54:59 PM 20 Views

There needs to be a crackdown in Iraq. chorabliss - 14/04/2004 10:58:56 PM 37 Views

Re: There needs to be a crackdown in Iraq. TaskmasterJack - 14/04/2004 11:15:43 PM 35 Views

An iron fist by foreign troops won't be appreciated Monotonous Mantra - 14/04/2004 11:45:46 PM 27 Views

Don't be foolish SilverWarder - 15/04/2004 02:48:56 AM 20 Views

You're thinking in stereotypes Monotonous Mantra - 15/04/2004 03:06:05 AM 15 Views

You're still thinking like a Westerner SilverWarder - 15/04/2004 09:56:24 AM 14 Views

Iraqi Hopes Monotonous Mantra - 15/04/2004 06:22:28 PM 8 Views

Re: Iraqi Hopes SilverWarder - 16/04/2004 01:09:43 AM 8 Views

Re: Iraqi Hopes Monotonous Mantra - 16/04/2004 01:45:58 AM 5 Views

Re: Iraqi Hopes SilverWarder - 16/04/2004 10:27:32 AM 7 Views

Re: Iraqi Hopes Monotonous Mantra - 16/04/2004 02:30:44 PM 8 Views

simplistic psychology *NM* wads - 15/04/2004 06:01:24 AM 3 Views

Is there much of a difference between the troops are doing now... Monotonous Mantra - 20/04/2004 05:56:16 AM 4 Views

Ack.... Nebhead - 15/04/2004 04:39:39 AM 8 Views

Meet terror with terror... The Voice of Lews Therin - 15/04/2004 09:09:58 AM 18 Views

That's wicked harsh Messy - 15/04/2004 11:18:06 AM 19 Views

But terrorism flourishes only when it thinks it can accomplish goals The Voice of Lews Therin - 15/04/2004 12:33:31 PM 12 Views

Insurgency does not equal terrorism *NM* Monotonous Mantra - 15/04/2004 08:38:21 PM 6 Views

Those are very blurry lines *NM* SilverWarder - 16/04/2004 07:29:11 PM 3 Views

In some cases, very obviously Monotonous Mantra - 16/04/2004 08:13:32 PM 3 Views

it wont work wads - 15/04/2004 08:18:31 PM 12 Views

Interesting post-Saddam policy you're suggesting Monotonous Mantra - 15/04/2004 08:37:20 PM 7 Views

I was revisiting this post in my Your Threads... TaskmasterJack - 15/04/2004 09:17:36 PM 16 Views

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