Hipwrddude 0 #1 January 10, 2005 The Pentagon is considering the “Salvador Option” in quelling insurgent violence in Iraq. During the civil war in El Salvador in the 80’s, the Reagan Administration supported nationalist death squads that terrorized the rebels and their sympathizers through targeted hits, kidnappings, torture and murder. While the pacification of El Salvador’s countryside was attributed partly to the success of the death squads, many believed they simply committed atrocities and human rights abuses. Insurgent actions carried out in Iraq occur from sanctuaries primarily in Syria and, secondly, in Iran. Under this option, these U.S. Special Forces lead, CIA directed death squads would strike the enemy in their harbor sites and spoil their peaceful nesting sites in and outside of Iraq. It’s simply, “terror against the terrorists.” When you employ such tactics with highly trained “counter insurgents,” you embark on a dirty war that invariably kills innocent people who, by interaction or proximity to the insurgents, go down. Furthermore, could this trigger a powder keg in Syria or Iran when strikes deep in their country threaten their sovereignty? Or does it shut down their political support by putting them center mass in the crosshairs? Primarily lead by former Baathist party members and ex-Hussein officials, the insurgents grow with foreign manpower (non-Iraqi) and terrorist dollars. In the Vietnam conflict we conducted war in the South (our primary target) but suppression bombing (Rolling Thunder, Linebacker) never stopped the faucet in the North (the source) as funding by Russia and China rolled in. Is the Salvador Option our best option or one of many yet unexplored? What do you think we should do? Article:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/ You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #2 January 10, 2005 Please look for existing discussions on a topic before starting new threads on them. Discussion remains more coherent if it stays in one thread. Thanks!-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #3 January 11, 2005 Sorry Tom. Rhino beat me to the punch. No thread splitting intended. Thanks. You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
