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Here's the worst idea yet to solve the mess in Iraq. Lawrence Kotlikoff suggets imposing slavery on the male population:

The Iraqi government should institute a draft of all Iraqi men between the ages of 18 and 35. This is the demographic most responsible for the violence. The removal of these 3 million men from the cities and countryside to army barracks would likely bring an immediate end to Iraq's horrific nightmare. Any men older than 35 suspected of involvement in terrorist or insurgent acts would also be enlisted in the Iraqi army.

The role of the enlarged Iraqi army would not involve bearing arms or training in the use of arms. Rather the role would be to reconstruct the country. All army units would be assigned specific reconstruction tasks and be jointly commanded by a Shia, a Sunni, and a Kurd who would make unanimous decisions...

Inductees would be taught the skills needed for their assigned reconstruction tasks, receive general and practical educational instruction, and learn respect for diversity and human rights.

So let me get this straight. First we get Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds to unanimously agree on what the slaves should do. Yeah, right. Then we force the slaves to do it. Then they go to sensitivity training class.

Thanks to reader Corey Snow for the link.

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