Notes
A Couple of Notes On the War On Terror
By Daniel G. Jennings
Those who criticize President Bush’s War on Terror had better remember one thing: the United States has not suffered a terrorist attack since 2001 over four years ago. I seriously doubt that this is a coincidence, whatever Bush is doing to stop or deter Al Qaeda and company is working and working quite well.
The Lefties in the media and their allies in Congress think they can hurt Mr. Bush by exposing the details of the Administration’s secret and illegal program of having the National Security Agency monitor certain phone calls. The media elite is crazy if they think that this concocted scandal will hurt Bush.
All Bush’s political mastermind Karl Rove has to do to defuse this scandal is to leak an NSA surveillance tape of Abdul and Akmed talking about blowing up Disneyworld and killing large numbers of American children to the media. Once this tape is repeated a few thousand times in the media, Bush will sound like a patriotic hero doing whatever it takes to defend the country. The self appointed champions of civil rights will sound like modern day Quislings working to help the enemy kill us.
Reports from Iraq such as those of Shawn Macomber* indicate that the Iraqi soldiers and police fighting alongside the US military are brave and dedicated but solely lacking in equipment and weaponry. American soldiers ride around Iraq in heavily armed and armored Humves, tanks, Stryker armored cars and Armored Personnel carriers. Their Iraqi counterparts ride around in the backs of pickup trucks. US military personnel have battle armor and helmets, Iraqi soldiers have nothing but their uniforms and surplus Russian and American army helmets to protect them. Americans have lots of high tech firepower and air support, Iraqis have none of the kind.
If we want the Iraqi Army and Police to be able to fight and defeat the insurgents we’re going have to upgrade their equipment and fast. Obviously, the Iraqi military’s weapons, vehicles and equipments don’t have to be as good as those used by our troops but they must be capable of surviving a modern war.
There are a number of sources of equipment available, first what happened to all the weapons and vehicles Saddam bought. Most of them were probably obsolete junk of Russian origin but at least some must still be serviceable. It should be possible to get quite a few of the tanks, artillery pieces, armored personnel carriers, helicopters and planes Saddam bought from Russia and France up and running again. I’m sure the Russians and French would gladly sell or even give the Iraqis the parts they need to do this.
If enough vehicles aren’t available in Iraq what about all the surplus military vehicles all over the world including the United States? The Sheridan Armored Personnel Carriers used by the US in Vietnam for example. I imagine it shouldn’t be hard to buy surplus vehicles and ship them to Iraq, there should be many Iraqi men experienced in maintaining and operating such vehicles thanks to Saddam’s army. Perhaps these vehicles can be upgraded with modern armor, electronics and armaments to make them more effective fighting machines.
Or if we want to give the Iraqis new equipment, another solution presents itself: America has lots of factories and machine shops especially in the Midwest many of them are sitting idle right now. Many skilled American factory workers need jobs. Perhaps contracts can be given to American companies to design and build a new generation of fighting vehicles for use by the Iraqi military. Modern light weight materials like Kevlar could make light and cheap SUVs invulnerable to many weapons and cheaper to produce and maintain than tanks or APCs. These vehicles wouldn’t have to be as advanced or as powerful as those used by the US military which would make them cheaper. The production of such vehicles could also be a profitable new export industry for American companies for many other countries might like to buy them.
If we want to see fewer American deaths in Iraq we’ll have to reequip the Iraqi military so let’s get started. If we do it right it could be a win-win situation for American industry and workers and Iraqi soldiers.
* http://www.returnoftheprimitive.com/
By Daniel G. Jennings
Those who criticize President Bush’s War on Terror had better remember one thing: the United States has not suffered a terrorist attack since 2001 over four years ago. I seriously doubt that this is a coincidence, whatever Bush is doing to stop or deter Al Qaeda and company is working and working quite well.
The Lefties in the media and their allies in Congress think they can hurt Mr. Bush by exposing the details of the Administration’s secret and illegal program of having the National Security Agency monitor certain phone calls. The media elite is crazy if they think that this concocted scandal will hurt Bush.
All Bush’s political mastermind Karl Rove has to do to defuse this scandal is to leak an NSA surveillance tape of Abdul and Akmed talking about blowing up Disneyworld and killing large numbers of American children to the media. Once this tape is repeated a few thousand times in the media, Bush will sound like a patriotic hero doing whatever it takes to defend the country. The self appointed champions of civil rights will sound like modern day Quislings working to help the enemy kill us.
Reports from Iraq such as those of Shawn Macomber* indicate that the Iraqi soldiers and police fighting alongside the US military are brave and dedicated but solely lacking in equipment and weaponry. American soldiers ride around Iraq in heavily armed and armored Humves, tanks, Stryker armored cars and Armored Personnel carriers. Their Iraqi counterparts ride around in the backs of pickup trucks. US military personnel have battle armor and helmets, Iraqi soldiers have nothing but their uniforms and surplus Russian and American army helmets to protect them. Americans have lots of high tech firepower and air support, Iraqis have none of the kind.
If we want the Iraqi Army and Police to be able to fight and defeat the insurgents we’re going have to upgrade their equipment and fast. Obviously, the Iraqi military’s weapons, vehicles and equipments don’t have to be as good as those used by our troops but they must be capable of surviving a modern war.
There are a number of sources of equipment available, first what happened to all the weapons and vehicles Saddam bought. Most of them were probably obsolete junk of Russian origin but at least some must still be serviceable. It should be possible to get quite a few of the tanks, artillery pieces, armored personnel carriers, helicopters and planes Saddam bought from Russia and France up and running again. I’m sure the Russians and French would gladly sell or even give the Iraqis the parts they need to do this.
If enough vehicles aren’t available in Iraq what about all the surplus military vehicles all over the world including the United States? The Sheridan Armored Personnel Carriers used by the US in Vietnam for example. I imagine it shouldn’t be hard to buy surplus vehicles and ship them to Iraq, there should be many Iraqi men experienced in maintaining and operating such vehicles thanks to Saddam’s army. Perhaps these vehicles can be upgraded with modern armor, electronics and armaments to make them more effective fighting machines.
Or if we want to give the Iraqis new equipment, another solution presents itself: America has lots of factories and machine shops especially in the Midwest many of them are sitting idle right now. Many skilled American factory workers need jobs. Perhaps contracts can be given to American companies to design and build a new generation of fighting vehicles for use by the Iraqi military. Modern light weight materials like Kevlar could make light and cheap SUVs invulnerable to many weapons and cheaper to produce and maintain than tanks or APCs. These vehicles wouldn’t have to be as advanced or as powerful as those used by the US military which would make them cheaper. The production of such vehicles could also be a profitable new export industry for American companies for many other countries might like to buy them.
If we want to see fewer American deaths in Iraq we’ll have to reequip the Iraqi military so let’s get started. If we do it right it could be a win-win situation for American industry and workers and Iraqi soldiers.
* http://www.returnoftheprimitive.com/
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