He won't.
bring Iraq as far along as possible in that time
We're just about there my friend.
while killing as many of the terrorist as possible at the same time before the next Presidential election
He refuses to strike at the source of the problem. That source is in Riyadh with satellite offices in Damascus and Tehran.
My bet is that the harder he fights and the more success he sees, the more likely that the democrats will not take the White House
Watch for the old rope-a-dope. This is going to be Viet Nam redux.
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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
"This is going to be Viet Nam redux."
Watch on Al Jezerra the triumphant march into Baghdad by hezbollah and irans republican guard as America hurridly evacuates the Green Zone, leaving behind pro western Iraqis who will be slaughtered.
Timeline, March 2009 if not sooner.
Yup