The Observation Deck

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By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, July 18, 2007 – Coalition forces in Iraq are taking down the insurgency cell by cell, killing key foreign leaders in the recent surge of operations, a senior spokesman in the region said today.
“We are on the offensive. We own the initiative, and we’re pressing al Qaeda in Iraq and also the secret cells and the rogue elements of (the) Jaysh al-Mahdi (militia). We’re also seeing an increase in the capacity and capability of Iraqi security forces,â€Â

This is good news, Stephen, but even if the US manages to rout out all Al-Qaeda cells from Iraq, do you think that will put any kind of shackle on the central operations of the organization? Al-Qaeda in Iraq is little more than cannon fodder, keeping us involved there so they can continue to paint us as the aggressor. Without us as the common enemy, the Sunni insurgency would have little tolerance for these outsiders.

What we need is lifestyle diplomacy and free market solutions.

If we allow Pepsi and Coca-Cola to merge into one super soft-drink Brand, they will realize production efficiencies and marketing efficiencies powerful enough for them to sub-contract for all the security and lifestyle diplomacy missions in Iraq.

Coca-Pepsi can then proceed to build a series of armored domes over key Iraqi areas. Maybe they'd be made of the hulls of decomissioned sailing ships, and connect them by welding together the fuselages of decomissioned air ships. It would all be painted Red White and Blue, the colors of Coca-Pepsi(and America, and Freedom).

Then, a giant Straw will be constructed. A transatlantic straw from the Freedom Domes in Iraq to the oil refineries of America.

By then we will have allowed Wal-Mart to assume ownership of key financing industries. Our economy will be so productive and efficient that Americans will be buying homes and paying off mortgages every 6 years, just in time to sell the home between career changes.