Okay, so let me know what you think about my idea for the terrorists in Iraq and other places.
Background: President Hinckley compared the terrorists we are fighting to the gadianton robbers spoken of in the Book of Mormon. So we all remember how the Nephites at one point dealt with those terrorists. They gathered themselves into one body which starved them out and forced them into an open confrontation which the Nephites easily won.
So we need to do the same. That is: force the terrorists into an open confrontation which we should easily win. Now, our strategy might be a bit different...because we can't just starve them out. But what I propose is that we:
1) empower the Iraqi police force: give them lots of cool weapons and technology
2) withdrawal of our physical troop presence into a central location: Kuwait or Baghdad
3) intelligence gather through spies and satellite surveillance
4) commit our support to the political parties that support democracy in Iraq
5) enforce that support through our air superiority
6) Prepare for a frontal attack
Whenever the terrorists organize themselves into a militia...or try to overtake a city...we bomb them. How can they ever get any real power? Every time they do anything to secure any real power, we can easily identify who the enemy is and send down a missile! Its like terrorism in reverse. The extreme terror organisations wouldn't be able to do anything about it but launch a frontal attack...that is, come out in open warfare against our guys who are clustered together and have superior weapons, training, and air superiority.
I admit that my idea relies a lot on the Iraqi police force. We'd have to trust that they'd stay unified and that they could maintain order in their cities. And my idea also needs some strong Iraqi leaders to stick their necks out and take leadership at their own personal risk. I think that the Iraqi president is afraid to let the US out of Iraq because he is thinking of his own personal safety...and the safety of his family. But George Washington risked his own name and fortune for our country...and we need to find the Washingtons of Iraq...maybe they are already there and we need to get out of their way!
But these Iraqi leaders will have something that Washington never had: F18s, F15s and stealth bombers ready to sweep in and hit targets as accurate as 1meter diameter...just a phone call away.
So I propose a withdrawal of our army troops...but a continued air presence. We will support democracy and freedom of religion in the country.
And if it works in Iraq, we park a few aircraft carriers near Iran and do the same...starting with their nuclear development sites.
