--> Marine commanders working in unheated, war-damaged downtown buildings are hammering out the details of their paradoxical task: Bring back the 300,000 residents in

time for January elections without letting in insurgents, even though many Fallujans were among the fighters who ruled the city until the US assault drove them out in November, and many others cooperated with fighters out of conviction or fear.

One idea that has stirred debate among Marine officers would require all men to work, for pay, in military-style battalions. Depending on their skills, they would be assigned jobs in construction, waterworks, or rubble-clearing platoons.

"You have to say, 'Here are the rules,' and you are firm and fair. That radiates stability," said Lieutenant Colonel Dave Bellon, intelligence officer for the First Regimental Combat Team, the Marine regiment that took the western half of Fallujah during the US assault and expects to be based downtown for some time....


To accomplish those goals, they think they will have to use coercive measures allowed under martial law imposed last month by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi....

When they heard of the proposal to require men to work, some Marines were skeptical that an angry public would work effectively if coerced. Others said the plan was based on US tactics that worked in postwar Germany. DiFrancisci said he would wait for more details."There's something to be said for a firm hand," he said.
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>winkääää
>stocksorcerer
>PS: Wer das am Ende nun wieder bezahlen darf....


Eben...
Und sie haben noch Jahrzehnte danach darauf bestanden:"Ich bin ein Berliner".

Das Grundprinzip der Mafia ist es, jemanden in eine Situation zu maneuvrieren, in der er genötigt ist, sich einen Gefallen tun zu lassen. Und dann für ewig in der Schuld zu stehen...

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