The Solution to the Iraq War

[Snaquebite]

is for sale on e-bay...(I'm not kidding...)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0%3D%26fvi%3D1

I am offering the winning bidder the solution to the war in Iraq. This is not a flippant or facetious offer. There will be no joke forwarded to you if you are the winning bidder. If you are the high bidder, I will send you a viable solution to the conflict in which we are currently engaged. I am a Military Intelligence officer in the United States Army with an extensive background in the Middle East. I speak the language and understand the culture, history, and religion, well enough to construct a fair, honorable, and successful plan. I have spent time in Iraq as an enlisted intelligence Soldier during Desert Storm in 1991 and as an intelligence officer during this latest action.

I have been involved in the planning of over 400 combat operations and have personally participated in over 300 combat operations that ranged from terrorist cell take-downs to single-handed arms market raids. I do not lack courage or the ability to act.

I have headed humanitarian efforts that varied from toy drives to bridge building to educational support. I do not lack heart or the ability to feel.

My passion for this solution is genuine and my zeal is not misdirected. I do not demonize any group for the actions of a few but neither do I deify any group in some misguided attempt to show my open-mindedness. I have grieved for lost friends, both American and Iraqi, military and civilian. This war is not a concept, a philosophy, or a political agenda to me. It is a highly personal issue that I have applied an objective detachment to in order to arrive at a logical conclusion.

This war has currently cost us somewhere around FOUR HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS and over 3500 American lives. My buy it now price of five million seems perfectly reasonable by comparison. I'm not even asking you to risk your life. Unfortunately, sometimes it seems that the most valuable things in life are the least valued. For this reason I am starting the bidding at only one dollar. Just to sweeten the pot a little, I will not only send you the solution but I will also make myself available to you for two hours to further explain my solution and answer any possible questions that you may have. (Transportation costs are the sole responsibility of the winning bidder if they choose to exercise this option.) If you work for a senator or congressman or a possible presidential hopeful, maybe you should get everyone at the office to chip in and purchase my solution for them. Some of them might even be able to foot the bill themselves.

I think some MI officer went off the deep end....

[Roguish Lawyer]

75 bids, price now exceeds $3K. Talk about going off the deep end . . .

[moobob]

It's rapidly increasing. Went from $15 million bucks to $70 million in a matter of minutes. It's probably fake bidders and/or the seller. Ebays probably gonna take it down.

[Texian]

It seems to be gone.

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Snaquebite

is for sale on e-bay...(I'm not kidding...)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0%3D%26fvi%3D1



I think some MI officer went off the deep end....

How'd he have the time to come up with this when he was planning those 400 missions and single handedly taking down arms markets?

[Karl.Masters]

In the Early Bird today:

New York Post
July 16, 2007

War's Bidder End

B'klyn Soldier Sells 'Solution' On eBay

By Leonard Greene

A Brooklyn-based military intelligence officer has put his stellar career on the line by auctioning off on eBay what he says is "the solution to the war in Iraq."

Army Capt. Thad Krasnesky is a veteran of both Iraq wars and speaks fluent Arabic.

Information Krasnesky provided led to dozens of raids and terrorist-cell take-downs in Iraq. Now, the career soldier says he is tired of the war and desperate to help bring it to an end.

So, after fruitlessly writing letters to public officials, military leaders and presidential candidates, he said he embarked on the eBay approach hoping to reach the public with an option the government has ignored.

"I have grieved for lost friends - both American and Iraqi, military and civilian," Krasnesky says in his posting, which will accept bids through July 22.

"This war is not a concept, a philosophy, or a political agenda to me. It is a highly personal issue that I have applied an objective detachment to in order to arrive at a logical conclusion."

Krasnesky, 38, declined to share the five-page "solution" before the bidding ends, but described the Iraqi operation as something that should be handled with a "scalpel" instead of the military's "giant sword."

"I speak the language and understand the culture, history, and religion, well enough to construct a fair, honorable and successful plan," he said.

Although Krasnesky, who is now stationed at Fort Hamilton, set the auction-ending "Buy It Now" price at $5 million, the opening bid for the solution will start at $1.

"All I'm trying to do is get attention," Krasnesky said.

The married father of two said he would continue to speak out on the war - even if it costs him his career.

"I know what the rules are, and I know what the risks are," he said. "It's not like I'm going off half-cocked like some maverick officer. I've gone through all the channels."

Despite his concerns, Krasnesky said he will return to Iraq, even under the present conditions, if he is ordered to do so.

"I disagree with the way the war is being handled," Krasnesky said. "I think we're doing some good things over there, but I think the end result is going to be bad."