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Originally posted by Rudey
People need spines. We talk and talk but never do. We let emotions and the desire to play on public relations get in the way.
You can't win by kicking someone in the stomach. You win by not leaving even one bit of air for someone to breathe. You win by showing that something is wrong and by providing carrots as well. That doesn't mean you give them a temporary carrot. That is a final solution carrot that is the equivalent of a 5 minute morphine dose.
One of the few Americans to ever understand that is Kissinger
-Rudey
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/in...st/04IRAQ.html
Here is a good example. If I were commanding the military, I would go in and create a pile in the middle of the town with 1 eye from each adult and 2 eyes from each child. Every militant that attacked I would bury with a cut open pig. Well maybe I would pull an Assad and just go house to house and kill everyone, without discretion and make it understood that I would be willing to pay any price to end the problem. The periphery towns that are opening schools and working hard but need the help to ensure security, I would provide money.
-Rudey
--The peacemaker