The best solution I've heard to change course in Iraq

Former intelligence officer Ralph Peters has the best solution to the problems in Iraq of all that I've read: KILL MUQTADA NOW

Here are some excerpts:

I lost faith in our engagement in Iraq last week. I can pinpoint the moment.

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We should've killed him in 2003, when he first embarked upon his murder campaign. But our leaders were afraid of provoking riots.

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We must kill - not capture - Muqtada, then kill every gunman who comes out in the streets to avenge him.

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And after we've killed Muqtada and destroyed his Mahdi Army, we need to go after the Sunni insurgents. If we can't leave a democracy behind, we should at least leave the corpses of our enemies.

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The holier-than-thou response to this proposal is predictable: "We can't kill our way out of this situation!" Well, boo-hoo. Friendly persuasion and billions of dollars haven't done the job. Give therapeutic violence a chance.

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There's still a chance, if a slight one, that we can achieve a few of our goals in Iraq - if we let our troops make war, not love. But if our own leaders are unwilling to fight, it's time to leave and let Iraqis fight each other.


AMEN