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The divisions within the Pentagon over troop levels and faster or slower drawdowns do not necessarily rule the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran.
The Bush administration is running out of time and, as Maureen Dowd recently noted in her NYT Op-ed, G.W. has been Mr. Giggles lately. Bush sees himself as the Messiah of the Middle East---the leader of a some kind of warped Crusade that will place him in the Great Leader Hall of Fame. He's likely more off kilter than people realize. He and his neo con study group friends might be up to something and that something could well be Iran. McCain was in Iraq recently making all sorts of comments about the threat of Iran (and showing himself to be a complete doofus on the situation---again, continuing the Bush administration's tradition). Cheney's nosing around the region too.
My thought is, why would the issues be so heated at this particular time---as the Bush administration is winding down---if it wasn't being fired up by some major new issue? As with Iraq, they don't need to be concerned about how to get out---only how to get in. Nor do they have a history of having to come up with real reasons for doing it. They've got 9 months to orchestrate a fait accompli. The heat is up and the fur is flying.
regarding the War On Terrorism, the pace of the troop drawdown will be decided by domestic political agendas with no concern for the well-being of the troops.
Let's see...
The Florida revote has been shut down, and now -- it seems -- so has the Michigan revote.
The delegates from the previous votes will not be seated either.
So Hillary Clinton is going to have to try to make up 140 delegates in a handful of states, several of which Obama is outpolling her in.
Coverage forthcoming?
...because I think we're all in agreement. The Iraq war is a clusterf*ck of the worst possible order.
It's hardly surprising there would be turmoil at the Pentagon. It's just too bad the top military brass didn't get it together to raise their concerns and take a stand back when it really would have mattered.
