Friday, April 02, 2004

Swift Retribution - Peggy Noonan posts an article at OpinionJournal.com about the death of the American civilians in Fallujah and what our response needs to be. There needs to be swift and decisive retribution for that atrocious act by the Iraqis. This will not be another Somalia where we cut and run. In antiquity, during the era of Roman rule, when a trouble spot popped up, much like it has in Fallujah, the Romans would be quick to act and would eliminate the trouble spot so that it wouldn't fester and grow, only to be a bigger ailment later. Not only do our troops need to act swiftly, decisively, and justly, but the Iraqi government needs to flex their muscles and say, "We are no longer going to tolerate Saddam-type actions that negatively reflect on our new way of life". We know who the perpetrators are because they committed this heinous act on film. Now we need to bring them to justice.

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