Late in February 2004 - THAT'S 2004! - the US military claimed that Bin Laden was "contained" withing 100 square miles of eastern Afghanistan and the Waziristan province of Pakistan; (links to BBC). They said that TASK GROUP 121 - which had captured Saddam was being flown in for a SPRING 2004 offensive; (links to CAPT'S QUARTERS).
NOW - ALMOST EXACTLY TWO YEARS LATER - WE ARE HEARING MUCH THE SAME THING. What gives!? ARE WE IN SOME KINDA FRIGGIN TIME WARP!?
[NOTE: 100 square miles is roughly the size if the Gaza, or 1/3 the size of the Caribbean island Dominica, or roughly the size of Aruba. Waziristan is roughly 30,000 square miles - so if it is true that we have Bin laden's location narrowed down to only 100 square miles, - and if some of the 100 square miles lies within Afghanistan - then this area is roughly between 1/6% and 1/3% of Waziristan. NOT MUCH.]
IF BIN LADEN IS INDEED INSIDE THIS 100 SQUARE MILE AREA, THEN I HAVE A FOOL-PROOF, 100% GUARANTEED WAY TO GET HIM:
NOW - ALMOST EXACTLY TWO YEARS LATER - WE ARE HEARING MUCH THE SAME THING. What gives!? ARE WE IN SOME KINDA FRIGGIN TIME WARP!?
[NOTE: 100 square miles is roughly the size if the Gaza, or 1/3 the size of the Caribbean island Dominica, or roughly the size of Aruba. Waziristan is roughly 30,000 square miles - so if it is true that we have Bin laden's location narrowed down to only 100 square miles, - and if some of the 100 square miles lies within Afghanistan - then this area is roughly between 1/6% and 1/3% of Waziristan. NOT MUCH.]
IF BIN LADEN IS INDEED INSIDE THIS 100 SQUARE MILE AREA, THEN I HAVE A FOOL-PROOF, 100% GUARANTEED WAY TO GET HIM:
(1) set a deadline and then entirely empty/de-populate the 100 square mile area; (2) destroy all wells, homes, villages, all structures, etc; (3) station Special Forces at key locations; (4) kill anything/everything that moves.I THINK THIS WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE PIN-PRICK ATTACKS THAT WE AND THE PAKISTANI MILITARY HAVE BEEN USING THE LAST TWO YEARS. (Like today's attack, which killed 45 al Qaeda, including a Chechen general - news stories HERE and HERE and HERE).
First we announce that everyone has to go to TEMPORARY refugee camps - inside Pakistan. Once there, the refugees will receive compensation for their property, free food and shelter, and a small stipend. After the 100 square mile region is thus emptied, Bin Laden will have no support, no cover - and we can be free to use as much deadly force as necessary to kill him, without having to worry about collateral civilian damage. And I mean big friggin bombs, and A LOT OF 'EM! After we get Bin Laden, all the refugees can go home.
5 comments:
To be fair, imagine a ten-mile by ten-mile square, in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. That's no kiddie hike.
I'm as disgusted as you are though. Our boys should be able to find him even in the Rockies. They're not kiddies.
It's a decent plan, however we'd have to keep troops there after we have him to re-build the wells, and re-build any property damage.
glad your on board sparty. and sure: we would rebuild afterwards. we always do.
Yeah, sure "we would rebuild afterwards, we always do" -much like the Iraqis who fall from allegedly "rebuild" balconies. Hint: Painting over the damage isn't rebuilding. And you obviously have never seen a refugee camp if you talk about "no collateral damage". And obviously, you believe that the glorious Americans are the only ones who cherish their homes, since you believe that it's no big deal to just bomb other people's village into oblivion.
Tell you what: People like you are the reason Osama and his ilk have support there to begin with.You obviously believe them to be cattle, herded together and stripped of their homes at your leisure -in THEIR country. There's precious little difference between your mindset and Osama's. Hint: Even if you managed to get him, it would be of no consequence other than allowing people with no idea about the world outside to boast and brag. You've created plenty of Osamas already, and with conduct such as this, will continue to create more. Sarkawi has already proclaimed his own umbrella organization, and others will follow. And until you demonstrate that you value human lives more than Osama does, more will come. As long as you see people who don't like you as "Untermenschen", you are both disqualified to talk about, let alone spread, democracy, or to do something productive about terrorism.
annihilate em all...
and then 444
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