SMEAC

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  Situation:
  1. The US is under attack by well motivated and financed Islamic extremists.
  2. The western world and culture is also under attack by these same people.
  3. The main motivation is religious domination by the elite leaders.
  4. In the history of mankind, the Arab/Muslim model is a failure to its citizens. This is by any measurement, to include the UN. http://www.meforum.org/article/513
  5. The main financing of this war is oil money.
  6. Many allies see it differently, probably from their national interest point of view.
  
• Mission:
  1. Defend our US way of life.
  2. Attack this very very small minority by all military, legal, financial, and political means.
  3. Advance western concepts in the Arab nations community with money, information, and women’s rights.
  4. Let the Arab nations write their own future ticket.
  
• Execution:
  1. Prosecute the world war on terror from the US national interest. This means preventing attacks on our homeland, and preventing US civilian casualties.
  2. Attack the bases of terror. These bases are geographical and financial, primarily.
  3. Know the middle east war between the Israeli’s and the surrounding arab nations is a small war, not the world war.
  4. Blur the distinction between criminals, tribal leaders, quasi nation state leaders, and nation state leaders in killing those who seek our demise. National interests will almost always ignore these despots since most are about their territory and egos, and not us. This paragraph is about those who can hurt us. This is also my double talk about killing people who want to kill me or my kids.
  5. In the best American way of making war, we are going to treat third world allies as equals, which of course they are not. They grew up their own way.
  Administration:
  1. Proceed as a military point of view.
  2. Assume a US national approach.
  3. Avoid a world/European/UN approach.
  4. Assume no funding from allies.
  5. Carefully try to force the State Department and the Defense Department to work together. Good luck.
  Tie goes to the Defense Department based on results. If the history types (like me) want to read, get the Small Wars Manual by the USMC about 1940. It pretty well covers the friction between the State Department and the Marines, in the small wars arena over decades. Or read some of Paul Bremmer’s reviews of his work on his watch.
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  Communication:
  1. Assume US secure communications at the local and tactical level.
  2. Assume US secure communications at the Iraq to DC level.
  3. Assume the other side knows anything else we are plotting and planning.