Something seriously weird is going on here.
And whatever it was, it started about a month and a half ago.
President Bush, who had looked serious and depressed suddenly became light on his feet and happy.
All US carrier fleets suddenly departed the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman and haven’t been back since.
Most al-Quds operations in Iraq stopped.
With this announcement, Bush has not come out swinging, instead he issued just a mild caution. Israel did the same (so they probably know about whatever it is as well). Russia, China and Europe haven’t said a whole lot.
Iran is bragging victory. But in the Mid East, that often means you just got your butt kicked. The US hasn’t said anything about their declaring victory.
The three most influential intelligence heads to issue this report are “strong, anti-Bush partisans”. Who are making a 180 degree turn from four months ago. Allegedly based on the information provided by one source in Iran (unnamed).
In fact, no senior US political leader has come out to support or oppose the NIE. Only partisan leaders, like Howard Dean, who really isn’t in the government loop. No senior Democrat or Republican senator has said much of anything.
THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE, WILL ROBINSON.
Hmm, It might compute if they were trying to lull this Iranian dog into a false sense of security. I’m just saying...