[capitalist229]

He refuses to strike at the source of the problem. That source is in Riyadh with satellite offices in Damascus and Tehran.

To the contrary, if you look at a map, Iraq is at the epicenter of those three locations.

That's why the neocon strategy is still brilliant IMO.

We should be increasing the chaos in Iraq because that giant sucking sound is terrorists being drawn into the Iraqi blender.

And the civil war vortex in Iraq will eventually grow and swallow all of its neighbors.

I can't wait for the 12th Imam to re-appear.

BUMP

[Mister Da]

I agree the strategy was good & I like the idea of the terrorists expending themselves in Iraq vs the USA or Europe. Iraq is a great location from which to threaten Iran, Syria, & others; but that threat has not materialized.

The "delicate" & PC way we have waged this war has emboldened our enemies - see Lebanon, Gaza, & the Iranian Nuke program. Also, the conditions for civil war in Iraq have been created by refusing to kill al-Sadr & those like him. Our military is perceived as being "tied-down" in Iraq, & no threat to anybody in the near future.

"Shock & Awe" was what we needed to quickly pacify Iraq. What we got was limited bombing, "Hearts & Minds", & quickie democracy - weak & ineffective. The result is Bush & co. are too busy in Iraq to even consider threatening Iran or Syria.