People like Biden and Daschle are gravely concerned about an assault on Iraq. It would be a very big do, and would concentrate the minds of the American people on the buildup to the invasion, then the invasion itself.
Four divisions of mobile infantry, plus either the Old Ironsides Armored division or the First Cav, will be needed for this operation. We're talking a big mobilization of Guard and Reserve. Then you have to throw in a Marine Expeditionary Force, lots of air wings, and the Naval Reserve.
This is the kind of news that blows Harkin and Halliburton right off the page. This is the kind of thing that will put the initiative right back into the Oval Office, where it always has been since the war began.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
The tone has shifted from 'if' we go after to Iraq to 'the President needs to get approval from Congress'. I read that as 'he's going after Iraq, the American public wants him to, and we want to be on board'. There's a lot of 'me tooing' in D.C.