Let the Iranians pick a fight with the Iraqis and then we back up our Iraqi allies. That way, we don't look like aggressors.
Strategery.
Maybe there's never been a president in office with so many high-bandwidth armchair pajamabloggers with so much minute-by-minute news/data second guessing every breath he takes.
Assinine for someone with an anonymous handle on a message board suggesting that the Commander in Chief who has the joint chiefs of staff and "a couple other advisors" reporting to him "doesn't realize" something that someone on this board does.
There were people who bitched and moaned about LBJ picking bombing targets, and there were people in Washington's command who thought he was a fool. Had LBJ won the Vietnam war he'd also be a hero today.
If we win in Iraq, Bush will never get the credit due.