[CMailBag]

I predict that we will be ‘at war’ before the election.

[angry elephant]

Did he get a vote from Congress, as Bush did?

[JohnBrowdie]

I think the air strikes are there specifically to keep slaughtered Christians and Iraq out of the headlines until after November. think : Afghanistan surge. he used that to keep Afghanistan out of the headlines for a couple of election cycles - having absolutely no interest in actually winning there.