The Iraqi Constitution

So nice to see nothing has changed - they still don't have any idea what they are doing. This is what happens when you throw together a whole bunch of people who have no concept of civil society or democracy together and ask them to put together a republican form of government. The Sunnis are staging protests over the proposed constitution - this is what they get for being stupid ignorant morons - if they would have voted when they had a chance then they (and we) would not be in this mess. The Sunnis are worthless scum so if they get screwed so be it. Put Baghdad under martial law and lets be done with this.

A Policy Watch issued by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy explains why the Sunni insurgency has no problem replacing fallen comrades. It is also noted that they operate in a "sympathetic sea" of people - 85% of Sunnis have support attacks on US forces. Two options for us either we make every Sunni pay for every insurgent attack or we get out. We must either crush them or give them what they want - I'm fine with either. This patrolling and driving around and waiting to get our soldier's killed is absurd. They are soldiers after all not police officers. They are trained to fight and if they are Marines to kill. For years the Sunnis ruled by the gun so if we don't turn that same gun on them then beat them with a butt until they understand that they can't get their way. Enough of this already.

Sorry for the violence but I'm feeling rather Jacksonian today (see Walter Russell Mead or read his book Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World if you don't know what I'm talking about).