This is a gambit which is late arriving on the scene. I support it. I worry that the troops hands will still be tied and that will doom the effort. My initial comment was "the level of brutality necessary to subdue the Islamists is not something the old USA can muster up the courage for". Fighting house to house will generate casualties not victory. Eventually the solution will be nuclear, no amount of house to house will get Islam's attention. I expect that soon Israel will have to break out the nuclear inventory to protect itself and re-fashion the Iranian landscape. If Iran goes nuclear, these Islamic nutcases will drop one somewhere. Al-Sadr is still alive, when he is dead I will know Bush is serious and we have a chance in Iraq. He has little time. 2008 can bring devastation to the USA as the fifth column takes control of the WH.
You said -- "If Iran goes nuclear, these Islamic nutcases will drop one somewhere."
The political idealogy that wants to take over the world and destroy all the westerm powers -- is called Islam. This is what needs to be destroyed.
And with Iran, it's the U.S. who is the main target for their nuclear weapons. They've been practicing upper atmosphere blasts (over there) for the time when they can launch a missile (from a ship, presumably) and set off a nuclear warhead overhead on the United States and generate an EMP blast that destroys all electronics across this country. Then they go for Israel after that. That's what their plan is going to be.
But, apparently, the President thinks "Islam is a peaceful religion" -- when actually, it's a political idealogy which is more evil than even Hitler's Nazi regime (and we did destroy that; what about Islam?)
Regards,
Star Traveler