I was studying the map of the m.e. last night and of course noted that Iran is flanked on one side by Afghanistan and on the other by Iraq. I can only speculate, and thus could be wrong, but my sense is that both of those flanks have become less stable since Zer0 took charge. I think Afghanistan was never real stable anyway. I was not a happy camper with some things W did, but I think he clearly understood that controlling territory on either side of Iran was important to making it easier to engage Iran if necessary, a pragmatic approach perhaps. He could never convey his strategy openly because the anti-american marginal stream media and their hollywierd allies would crucify him more. Sometimes, the C-in-C has to look long term and I don't think Maobama is capable of such a world view. These are frightening times. I'm not sure if this is Zer0's Viet Nam, or our second Viet Nam with a marxist president again escalating the action and body bags flowing home.
I think rivers of blood are going to flow in Iraq, and then “that man” will say that the war was never won anyway, and that it’s all Bush’s fault.