I no longer believe any claim made by unnamed members of this administration. As for what happens if we pull out -- my question is so what?
On 11/30/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On your point, fresh evidence that the Iranian govt. is directly backing the > Shiite militias in Iraq: > > http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=2688501 > > We should have taken out that thug Sadr back in 2004 when we issued a > warrant for his arrest. Now it's going to be a big fight. We still have to > do it, though, otherwise we're going to end up pulling out and leaving Iraq > to a full-scale war between Sunnis backed by Jordan and Shiites backed by > Iran. It will be interesting to see where Syria falls in this fight- Sunni > Baathist government but allied by proxy with the Shiite militias via their > alliance with Iran. > > > On 11/30/06, Gruss wrote: > > > > Just some analysis on my part, but yesterday's meeting with Bush that > > Maliki skipped and the leaked memo suggest that the battle for Baghdad > > might be about to begin. > > > > It would seem that Bush is sending a message to Maliki: don't align > > yourself with Sadr because we're going to take him out. > > > > Maliki is thinking the Americans are about to pull out and looking at > > Sadr's 40,000 troops and thinking he better side with the big local > > boy on the block (never mind that Sadr is VERY friendly with Iran > > these days). > > > > Therefore I would say that we're seeing the political battle prior to > > the physical battle for Baghdad. > > > > So the US would seem to have 2 options: > > > > 1.) To fight Iran we engage in a battle to the death with Sadr and his > > 40k troops, or > > 2.) We commit to staying in Iraq for a long time and hope the other > > 20+ factions fighting don't overwhelm us. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221493 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
