My plan for winning the War

Iraq is a giant shit-fest.  Everyone knows that, but for some fucking reason they can't fix it.  I have a plan.

Train more snipers.
They don't have to be the best in the world, they just need to be useable.  Their only orders should be:
(If they're not an ally) Shoot anyone who is carrying a gun.


There's no reason we should be having such a hard time with this war.  For having the most powerful military in the world we're doing the shittiest job ever of exterminating a ragtag force of poorly trained, poorly equiped, underpaid, rebels.  Fucking kill shit.

*Note:  I don't condone killing civilians or barbarism.  But if we're going to get anything done in that quagmire we need to be ruthless with the people who are attacking out troops.

Collaborate with the local clerics. Basically tell them democracy is about giving power to the people, their people. This way even though the different groups hate america, the totalitarian groups can be singled out by Iraqis and pacified with the aid of the US military.

You can't intimidate someone who's in his own lands surrounded by the people and families he marries and baptises.