Russia is playing good cop to our bad cop, rattling Iran's cage.
Pelosi is on her way to Syria to warn them, like Rockefeller did last time, that military action is imminent. Then we'll wait to see if they release the hostages.
If they don't, we'll probably really pull the trigger. That was probably part of the reason behind the "surge", which while real and necessary for its own reasons, was perhaps also a pretext for beefing up troops in Iraq prior to a strike. If we hit Iran, there is a chance they may launch some kind of retaliation into Iraq, and we're getting ready for it.
Thats my guess. Whats yours?
I suspect that Russia is feeding the Iranians nuclear weapons to get them to attack our troop in Iran. Russia is running about in a shiny fire engine, but has gasoline in the water tanks.
I tend to suspect that is is going to esclate far beyond what we suspect, and may end in the invasion of Taiwan and South Korea as we pull our fleets from the Japan sea to support our troops in Iraq.
Thanks for the reply, it helps to clarify the issue.
"If we hit Iran, there is a chance they may launch some kind of retaliation into Iraq, and we're getting ready for it."
Very possible. Given reports of US troop buildups around the Iraq/Iran border. It's also a given that possibly hundreds to thousands of Iranian agents are already in Iraq with orders to attack US soliders if the US commits an attack against Iranian nuclear sites.
I have no guesses any more. I only hope that yours is right. I would be glad to take back some of the exasperated things I have said about W recently.
After the Iranian Hostage Crisis on 1979 to 1981 I figure we have a blank check to hit them anytime we want. Payback in spads.