[wastedyears]

Would that make three carrier groups over there? What in the world is Bush planning?

[edcoil]

Hopefully kick ass, take names and then come home. I do however expect them to say nothing until they are done so the NYT will not put our military operations on page one.

[driftdiver]

"What in the world is Bush planning?"

I think he's planning to send a message.

[oyez]

What in the world is Bush planning?

To scare Hell out of the Democrats.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Would that make three carrier groups over there? What in the world is Bush planning?"

Humanitarian mission. To free the Iranians from a lunatic leader who wants to rain nukes on Israel and destabalize the middle east.

[untrained skeptic]

It's called diplomacy. :)

First thing you need to do is set up the proper environment for talks to be productive.

If talks still fail, then you need to modify the environment further.