[snodog]

You don't like the way the war is progressing. Okay, tell me how you would would fix the problem, as you see it.First off I would control the media, a 100% media black out from The Green zone. Controled dispatches from reporters emmbeded with combat units. (we are an occupying force right), we control everything right? make the press understand what it means to occupy a country.

Simply put, martial law, forget Iraqi freedom, The war was flawed from the start, and the ghost is out of the bag. There will be no control, unless there is another war to clean it up.

When going to war you have two options, total domination, or defeat. We are in defeat mode. Like it or not, that is where we are. We do not own Iraq, never have. Paul Bremmer and Colin Powel assured that. Powell to give him credit understood war, history, and occupation, and advised against this war. Bremmer tried his best but never understood the military objectives.

Obviously it goes much deeper than this, Rumsfeld, his deputies, 911, the war on terrorism...ect.

Sufice it to say that this "war" in Iraq, is not a war at all, never has been. At best it is a show of force, and in my oppinion it is a force shown taking half steps, controled by politics, and pols.

[Jet Jaguar]

First off I would control the media, a 100% media black out from The Green zone. Controled dispatches from reporters emmbeded with combat units. (we are an occupying force right), we control everything right? make the press understand what it means to occupy a country. Simply put, martial law, forget Iraqi freedom, The war was flawed from the start, and the ghost is out of the bag. There will be no control, unless there is another war to clean it up.

Finally, you are making some sense. Don't bother with the press being there. They only cause trepidation by the troops when they need to act on instinct.