Iraq Peace

  *  Make no mistake, the invasion of Iraq was a crime compounded by irresponsible occupation, resulting in loosing of man's worst tribal instincts. How can this crime be mitigated? I propose: A) an improved Iraqi police force and B) a means of influencing Iraqi behavior generally.
  * *  A) Prior to the ethnic cleansing and civil war, it might have been possible to assemble an Iraq police force from buddy units consisting of one each of a Shiite, a Sunni and a Kurd, each squad consisting of several such buddy units. The squads would take responsibility for protecting Iraq's public assets first and private assets second. Members of this force would be very well paid. Much of the mischief (especially police misbehavior) that has happened could be thus avoided. It may not be too late for this plan.
  *  US forces should have taken charge of leading such squads in protection of oil assets and utility infrastructure all of which should be nationalized.
  *  Responsible performance by the police can be encouraged, almost assured, by three technologies.
 1) Each policeman will be issued firearms whose barrel signatures are on record and will forfeit other firearms and ammunition in his home or possession.
 2) The ammunition issued to each policeman will be uniquely labeled. (There are several patents for uniquely labeling ammunition projectiles and casings, but none has been adopted.)
 3) Each rifle (automatic or otherwise) will be equipped with an inaccessible GPS transmitter that is energized and activated by recoil and/or gas pressure to transmit for several minutes or more.
  * *  B) Every adult Iraq citizen living in Iraq would be given a one-time dispensation of 1000 stock shares of a utilities fund and of an oil-assets fund, these shares being administered in a special way. Specifically, they cannot be sold or otherwise transferred during an owner's life but will be inherited equally by a surviving spouse and next-generation descendants. That way every citizen in Iraq will have a stake in the success of its services and its revenue production. Also, this administration of stock would be an incentive for responsible family planning, since very small families can concentrate the shares and large families will dilute the shares. This plan could be refined to deal with implied inequities. A final benefit if the stock plan would be almost automatic, updated census/contact records.