[F14 Pilot]

Thought you might like this post.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Thanks for the ping. Farah usually calls them correctly.

Some have thought this was the play all along. First secure Afghanistan on the east, Pakistan on the south, Iraq on the west...then SQUEEZE.

Works for me.

[meenie]

The Mullahs stirring the Shiites in the South are repatriates from Iran. Sistani and Sadr were both exiles that returned from Iran when the US moved into Iraq. The clue that rough times are ahead is that they have a popular following even though they forsook the hardship that the Iraqi Shiites endured under Sadaam. Another fly in the ointment are the Sunnis which have been so beliggerent in Fallujah is that they have common allies in Syria and Saudi Arabia. Syria cooperates with Iran with terrorism against Israel. Saudi Arabia has just recently signed a trade pact with Iran as well as a security agreement. The United States would be so lucky as to have nation states in the Middle East rise up against them. We can defeat them on a large battlefield basis. They can bleed us to death as they are now doing. This is the route that the Arabs will take. If the Sunnis and Shiites throw together as it appears they are doing, all hell will break loose.

[Alia]

Thank you for ping-ing me.