Who will keep order in Iraq?
Well, police of course!
Is it just me, or does reviving in Iraq the "Elite Death Squad" strategem (last seen ruining the credibility of the US and several sovereign governments in Latin America) seem like the king of all bad ideas?
I mean, let's start with the fact that these squads will be hitmen, trained and initially financed by the US military to whack malcontents, rabble-rousers, and yes, hopefully some real actual terrorists and their kingpins. (Don't you love that word, kingpin?) Then, consider that the use of Elite Whacking Squadrons amounts to an admission (no!) that certain decisions regarding the war in Iraq, how to fight it, and how it's going might possibly not have turned out so well as some cheery folks might have been saying (no!!). So now, they're calling in the Whacking Squadrons.
So right there we've got 1) the US military helping to "whack" guys who may or may not be shady, who may or may not be threats (who cares!?) and 2) the impression that said Elite Iraqi Whacking Squadrons are cat's paws of the US military. Tell me: how is that a good idea?
The United States and Iraq need to win against the 'insurgency.' But not this way. Not this way.
Kriston at Begging To Differ says it better and at greater length.
[wik] McQ of QandO agrees as well, and also brings up the Vietnam-era "Project Phoenix" as an example of how easily such projects can go very, very wrong.
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