"Gloves Off" means...
I am not a fan of American politics. I feel that both branches of the Status Quo tree are in it for themselves, even at the expense of the public. But there is still enough integrity and public sentiment among the ranks of the idealistic "grunts" (FBI field agents, fire fighters, CIA analysts, cops-in-the-street, etc.) that bad guys get caught, or scared away. Neighbors paying attention to odd vehicles and phoning it in. "America's Most Wanted." Amber alerts. With enough communication, America is able to "police itself" to a great extent.
Anyway, I believe we need to retire the "standing" army and beef up our Special Operations capabilities, as well as intelligence. We need to know who's who and who's WHERE, and be able to send dangerous men in the dark and take them out. Al Qaeda isn't marching in rank and file against us. They are sneaking around. We need to "sneak back." And we need to do this until we get the HEAD(s) of the snake(s).
I'm not sure we shouldn't leaflet Fallujah (et al) with this message: "Run!" Then order our troops to pull out and away as rapidly as possible. Then drop a neutron bomb. Infrastructure in tact. Bad guys fled (and picked up by the ring of forces outside the blast radius) or dead. Fools who didn't run ... sorry.
Next time a note is sent anywhere ("Run!") there would be an exodus. Big time.
We need to politely require that Saudi Arabia allow our SpecFor to go in after guys like Paul Johnson. Publicly we announce that the Saudi's have invited U.S. participation (even if they have not done so, but it is our way of keeping them from resisting to much when we start landing troops). Then we have the Green Beret go in and do what they do really, really well. Let the SAS go along, too. They make an excellent team, SAS and Green Beret. Find Johnson (or his killers, if too late), and video their take-down. Broadcast the destruction of the bad guys. If any are captured, turn them over to the locals for trial (don't burden our own system, or send the signal that we are not interested in "justice"), and remind the locals (the national government, I mean), "We trust that you will do justice here. If not, and you let these creeps get away, you may expect a note from us."
RUN!
Anyway, I believe we need to retire the "standing" army and beef up our Special Operations capabilities, as well as intelligence. We need to know who's who and who's WHERE, and be able to send dangerous men in the dark and take them out. Al Qaeda isn't marching in rank and file against us. They are sneaking around. We need to "sneak back." And we need to do this until we get the HEAD(s) of the snake(s).
I'm not sure we shouldn't leaflet Fallujah (et al) with this message: "Run!" Then order our troops to pull out and away as rapidly as possible. Then drop a neutron bomb. Infrastructure in tact. Bad guys fled (and picked up by the ring of forces outside the blast radius) or dead. Fools who didn't run ... sorry.
Next time a note is sent anywhere ("Run!") there would be an exodus. Big time.
We need to politely require that Saudi Arabia allow our SpecFor to go in after guys like Paul Johnson. Publicly we announce that the Saudi's have invited U.S. participation (even if they have not done so, but it is our way of keeping them from resisting to much when we start landing troops). Then we have the Green Beret go in and do what they do really, really well. Let the SAS go along, too. They make an excellent team, SAS and Green Beret. Find Johnson (or his killers, if too late), and video their take-down. Broadcast the destruction of the bad guys. If any are captured, turn them over to the locals for trial (don't burden our own system, or send the signal that we are not interested in "justice"), and remind the locals (the national government, I mean), "We trust that you will do justice here. If not, and you let these creeps get away, you may expect a note from us."
RUN!
posted by Author | 9:34 AM
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What would happen if we were attacked (God Forbid) on or near election time? Could the government stop the elections, technically?
That's a good question, Randi.
America has long been a nation of people who like to be left alone, but when "riled" they can be pretty formidable. Still, of late, a lot of Americans have gotten soft in the spinal columns.
Oddly enough, the most fiercely loyal Americans are the immigrants.
I am pondering an outline for a novel about a terroristic attack. Two days ago I was stricken by the realization that, with 20 fanatics and 20 truck bombs I could cripple the U.S. economy. I know right where to put them and how to get them there, and WHEN to use them. Chilling.
Not sure I will write the book, though. I think the media gives the bad guys way more ideas and information than necessary, as it is.
Americans have long been resilient, so, if attacks happen here near the elections I suspect Americans will see it as a call to renewed patriotism, to voting, and probably to retain our current Commander in Chief. While I am not a Bush fan, I am a veteran, and the worst thing we could do for the morale of our troops is change leaders while they are in harm's way. Besides, everything I have learned about Mr. Kerry tells me he has no different "plan" in Iraq than Mr. Bush, so the change would only be domestic.
(I am not voting for Mr. Bush, however.)
As to stopping the elections ... not sure why that would be needed. The best way to show disrupting attackers the national middle finger is to refuse to be disrupted. Business-as-usual, as much as is possible.
Congress has been asked to consider a bill that would establish procedures for the what-if scenario of an attack that takes out a huge number of congressmen at one whack, but one side or the other (don;t recall of it was the House or the Senate) refused to pass the law. Foolish.
There was a Tom Clancy novel where a kamikaze airline pilot crashed a 7?7 into the capitol during a big deal event and wiped out most of congress ... and the president, etc. It was written a few years before 9-11.
Reality is trying to catch up to fiction in strangeness of late, is it not?
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