[Coop]

That is I don't know why Bush has telegraphed our next move on Iraq.

Bush hasn't telegraphed anything. You can thank the media and certain leakers for that, and remember not to believe everything you hear.

[traditionalist]

Bush, Rumsfeld, and Cheney have indicated numerous times, sometimes overtly, sometimes implicitly, that they plan on toppling Hussein. That is a bad strategy because it completely removes deterrence as a viable alternative.