EEKS!
Hi Pete. I'd say your thoroughly thought out posts are going to spur this boards re-actions as another ingredient adds to the HZ soup. And welcome. Your mother is one of the most respected members of this board, and her wit cuts like a knife. We can see she has taught you how to read and how to reason. Now from HZ comes the season!
I am still eying your posts below and plan to answer you. I have some days off coming to me.
We're pretty relaxed around here and usually keep our replies on the same thread. The front page was made larger so we can FIND the thread we were all working on.
As for this:
>" they are sending cannon fodder, and we'll scoop them up by the bushelful. They will go on jihad to Iraq - and never be heard from again.">

Get me a quote of the TOTAL number of people living in the Middle East and we'll take a % of that that want to commit JIHAD. I don't think we'll have enough bullets or manpower.
And there will be precious left of Iraq, it's peoples and oil wells. It will be the new and improved Gaza Strip.
No, I don' think this will work, although there are a few Americans who think this "fly paper" thing will work.
I don't.
It will be endless, messy, costly and a cesspool of hatred and hurt.
Right now we have lost 3,000 civilians. Because of this, WE have commenced bombing that have killed x-number of Afghans (5,000-10,000?). I don't have any figures. I hear the figure for civilian casualties is higher in Iraq, like 37,000. And that doesn't count the soldiers. Now what are we going to do with the Taliban and Al Queda as they come along? Not only have we arrestd and freed thousands of them, but they return to do more damage. We just can't tie their hands behind their back and put bags over their heads and keep them forever.
Your talking about a "plan" that just won't work. And to recruit American soldiers for this task, you'll have to get some recruiters over here to come up with some new slogans so that only the holy warriors over here will feel justified in fighting (what is soon to become)......another holy war.