THE BRIGHT SIDE OF 2007
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
Thursday, 11 January 2007
Any conservative so Pollyannic as to be optimistic about 2007 risks comparison to the folks being crucified in the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian while cheerily singing, "Always look on the bright side of life."
But so far, so good. We're off to a great start. For openers, at the very moment Bush was giving his speech last night, in which he promised to "seek out and destroy" the networks of Iran and Syria supporting insurgency in Iraq, five US helicopters landed on the consulate of Iran in Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, disgorging US soldiers who told the Iranian occupants in three languages to surrender or be killed.
They proceeded to seize all the consulate's computers and documents, then turned the building over to Kurdish "Peshmerga" security forces.
Now that is cool. And Bush has just begun.
Very cool!
If you clicked through and read the whole article, it appears the second raid didn't go so well, with Kurdish troops coming to the aid of the Iranians.
Apparently we almost got into a firefight before WE backed down.
That is troubling.