Iran's new "Super Weapons?"
Read once about Iran's high-speed anti-ship missiles. This system is designed to add considerably to that capability. IT IS DESIGNED TO CHECK THE U.S. CARRIER FORCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF. This is the reason for the continued building/operation of the "superbases" in Iraq. Within a year Iran could have the ability to make the PG off limits to our "greatest military asset" during a crises.
I believe the chances that we will be involved in Iran by the end of the year are now considerable.
OCTOBER SURPRISE... Maybe.
Politically, it may not help the repulicans any to talk of it or even try it this year.
The Iranians might be able to utilize assests in Iraq/Afganistan to check our army anyway. Forcing our forces to "roll-up" and stay within those bases until major air assests can be brought in to begin/attempt a breakout.
Forcing our forces into this highly defensive position they will "defeat" 43 polically in Iraq by-default. They might??? be able to win the polical "long game" in the region as well.
...TET anyone...
The Iraqi superbases will be kept forever, remembered as W's "lagacy bases." He and his followers will dare any president to remove them, if they do, blaming them for any problems that might incur in the middle/near east. Blaming those who dare with the failures of W himself. This is the political gamesmanship that Rove is going to play.
I am sure the White House new of these systems. Iran's WMD is only part of the WH reason for attacking Iran. Control of the Persian Gulf is the main reason.
Things are getting more interesting everyday. HUH...
1-4-2-1 (2001 QDR)
1) Defend the United States;
4) Maintain forces capable of deterring
aggression and coercion in four critical regions: Europe, Northeast Asia,
Southwest Asia, the Middle East;
2) Maintain a capability to combat
aggression in two of these regions simultaneously;
1) Maintain a capability
to "win decisively"—up to and including forcing regime change and occupation—in
one of those two conflicts "at a time and place of our choosing."
Ideology of failure
The Neocons always were an ideology of failure.
Their version of "democratic imperialism" left out the fact that conservatives have no understanding of foreign affairs.
This is where the neocons come in!
They provide the foreign "conservative" ideals, and the WingNuts defend us come what may, cause you don't know any better. It is an endless cycle of ilogical bully'ing carried out mostly by people who never served in the military, have any concept outside their own small mindset, as well as those with a vested interest in Dear Leader's "countinued victory". This allows the NC to shift the blame and expand the "greater war".
Then something like Hamas winning the election occurs. Rice blames her staff. She means the non-neocons of course, as well as PM Abbas "The Foreigner". Denying the absense of forthought that she and her kind were a part of in the first place.
Iraq rhetoric is based on this concept of no good news must mean that the war must countinue. Dear Leader must be defended, for Dear Leader is the only truth. They are pushing for Iran for only expansion will conquer Iraq. So they must keep Iraq going before this failure is complete
WingNuts be dam'd
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"Well, let's see.
Clinton didn't intervene in Rwanda, but he should have.
Clinton did
intervene in Kosovo, but he shouldn't have.
Bush wisely didn't intervene in
Darfur (the genocide continues).
Bush wisely intervened in Afghanistan (the
President has asked the Taliban to rejoin the government).
Bush wisely
intervened in Iraq (a Shiite government friendly to Iran wins the vote).
Bush
wisely directed air strikes on Pakistani villages (strengthening Islamic
fundamentalists and endangering the government of President Musharaf).
In addition, Iraq and Afghanistan are on the verge of civil war; the right of
dissent is under attack in the United States.
Leftist governments have won elections in Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia,
largely because US policies have continually favored rightist and repressive
governments.
We will soon enter a permanent state of war, with wars on drugs, wars on
terrorism, wars on abortion, wars on the poor, wars on Muslims, wars on illegal
immigrants"
"But of course, it's all the fault of Christine Amanpour, CNN and, of course,
Bill Clinton. Unless it's really all Hillary's fault.
Wonder what Bush will wisely do next"
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God Hates Bush!!! Impeach to Save Us All.