[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See Major link to BBC site for working links....too many to fix in the body of the story....

[Uncle Miltie]

"The bombing will begin in 5 minutes!"

[marvlus]

I hope this represents the beginning of the end of meddling from Iran and Syria. I endorse this tough stance, regardless of what Biden says!

[Ron2]

Nothing is going to end this thing until the military's orders are changed. During WWII, if our military saw the enemy, the shot them. Today, from what we hear, our military can't shoot unless they are shot at. This is crazy. They need to be able to put the fear of God, if I'm allowed to say that, into those people. We need another Patton, Bull Halsey, McCarthur, etc over there. I didn't like the speach our President gave last night. He sounded like a whipped pup. He should have come across like Roosevelt, hard and to the point.

Now....Democrats want to pull out, but they haven't stated what they would do if things went to hell in a hand basket after our pull out. We need to know what they would do before we pull out. We also need to rebuild our military numbers.....if that means a draft....so be it. We will be in a war with Iran, count on it.....it's just a matter of time and we can't let our troops go there without big numbers behind them. Unless we hit Iran strictly from the air.

[marshmallow]

The country which has done most to "destablize" Iraq is the USA with this crazy invasion. Whatever else Iraq was under Hussein, it was stable.

Now we're threatening Iran and Syria and sending more troops?

This is getting way out of control for a conflict which was supposedly "over" in 2003. Bush is a man of poor judgment. Invasion was a bad call and now he's going from bad to worse. So much for Jim Baker's recommendations.

I'd be hanging out for 2008 except that the leadership alternatives on offer then are likely to be even worse. We're in a mess.

[penelopesire]

"US to target anti-Iraq activity"

let's hope they start at the DNC....lol

[KeyLargo]

Poll to freep

Did Bush's speech last night convince you it is essential to send more troops to Iraq?
Choice Votes Percentage of 33 Votes
Yes 7 21%
No 26 79%
Thanks for sharing your opinion -- check back here for results later, or check them by watching NBC5's 6 p.m. news.

http://www.nbc5.com/index.html

Scroll down right side of page.

[quesney]

"Her statement comes hours after US forces stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil - prompting condemnation from Tehran."

That's all I needed to read to dare to hope that we're finally getting serious about prosecuting this damn war.