There are two explanations for another costly deployment of infantry-based personnel, support structures and armor halfway accross the world to be positioned at the outskirts of a 5 million person urban center in which we have declined concentrated bombardment: either we are extending our holiday getaway to the dream vacation paradises of Syria and Iran or this is a purely political move to soothe the egos of the heavy metal Pentagon bullies and get some shine going into this next budget period so the Jarheads don't steal their funding motherlode.
The former scares the hell out of me but I'm on board, the latter disgusts me as a taxpayer who just lost half my tax break because of the costs of this little party.
Let's shoot some heavy shells just to prove the tanks and artillery batteries can do it. It's past that point. If we are still in the process of killing people and breaking things in the Medina, Neberwhaezzer and other Republican Guard units outside Baghdad when the big dogs get here next month - we are in trouble in this venture. The Guard should be flattened or wandering in a panic around the edges of Baghdad by Saturday or Sunday at the latest. Weather permitting.
Sitting around in formation by the tens of thousands waiting for the Joker to lay some of his knockout gas on us is not a good plan. The 4th missed the game, they'll get over it. Maybe they can blow the shit out of Turkey for orchestrating this insult. ;^)
* Blowed up real good
I say you are dead wrong about this. I say that we will wait until they are in position and that they will lead the assault on Baghdad.