[Magnum44]

Well, that just opened up the target list by a few thousand entries....:)

[TheRobb7]

Maybe now that The President is effectively stating the truth of our "war-by-proxy" with Iran, we can finally git-R-done...........

[DB]

So General Abizaid is the reason Moqtada al-Sadr is still breathing after killing a large number of American soldiers?

[Williams]

We'll see if we're at war, Bush certainly didn't say it. Abizaid was wrong if he thinks this makes it a two front war, there is only one front. Gates is a veteran of the Soviets in Afghanistan period. He knows what we did to the Soviets, if he is smart he will know we can't let Iran do the same to us.

[SomeoneNeedsToSayIt]

The recent surge in the world oil supply is not coincidence!

The Saudis are increasing their capacity and when they can replace Iran's contribution of oil, Iran will start to feel the pain.

[Lost Dutchman]

We have been "at war" with Iran since Nov 4th 1979.
Their choice, not ours.

[Brilliant]

We should ship captured IEDs to Arab nationalists in the Iranian oil region. That would really muck up things for Iran. I wish our leaders were a little more pro-active.

[silverleaf]

Eschewing advice from his father's secretary of state, James Baker, to open a dialogue with Iran and Syria, the (P)president said American forces in Iraq would "disrupt" attacks from Syria- and Iran-backed terrorists, "interrupt" the supply lines reaching back to those countries, and "seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq."

I'd say this paragraph contradicts itself. Bush had a public dialogue with Iran and Syria last night. Knock it off, or BEND OVER.

[stockpirate]

Now fire up the B-52's and I don't mean the Rock and Roll band and lets get er done!

[freedomfiter2]

Eschewing advice from his father's secretary of state, James Baker, to open a dialogue with Iran and Syria


You can't talk to someone until you get their attention.

[stockpirate]

No wonder the war was going badly, we had a general that didn't want to win the damn thing.

[magslinger]

(we are effectively at war with Iran)

We are effectively at war with Islam.
True, the war against us is being led by a relatively small minority of true believer Islamofascists, but Nazi Germany was led by a relatively small minority of Nazifascists, most Germans only went along with the Nazis to get along (and stay alive) just like most Muslims today.

[shrinkermd]

The old saying, "The only thing worse than a war is losing a war" applies here. We must win. Anticipate many Pubbie politicians are going to suck up to the antiwar moonbats. They hope to keep their jobs. Won't work. Americans love winners and loyal winners especially. Bye Bye Norm Coleman x Senator from Minnesota.

[7thson]

Silly journalists - we have been at war with Iran since they stormed our embassy.

[nitzy]

I have heard too much tough talk and seen too little action against the axis of evil to believe that anything will be done. I applaud the president on his new words but that is as far as I will go.

[jwparkerjr]

I think the most important single word in the entire speech was "network"! In my thesaurus that's codespeak for striking anywhere they find evidence of activity that threatens our forces or interferes with the goal of bringing security to Iraq!

The word "network" in my mind stretches out in all directions and when you find one node then you find others.

I am now in "wait-and-see" mode. Let's see what actions follow the encouraging words we heard.

[Kenton]

Ok, so what I'm getting out of all this is that Bush is effectively letting Iran know that he's getting ready to free up our troops in Iraq, and that means we can concentrate on that withered midget running the show in Tehran?

Hey Mahmoud - BOO!

[wildbill]

Why did no one know that the Sadr supporters, the Mahdi army, was off limits. No wonder the violence wouldn't end when one side gets a "king's X" card to pull out.

More political bull---- during a war, just like Vietnam. Kill anyone with a gun and let Allah sort 'em out.

[Earthdweller]

Eschewing advice from his father's secretary of state, James Baker, to open a dialogue with Iran and Syria

I'm glad W had that little "chat" with them.

Check that one off of the Baker plan.

[DCPatriot]

That last sentence is the closest Mr. Bush has come to announcing attacks on Iranian territory..."

And raiding the Iranian Consulate in Iraq...arresting five...is the first salvo.