The Surge in Iraq, Bush defies...... take your pick Options

[Hellfighter]

.......hmmm, on top of my list of the 'defiances'>
Logic, Generals, public opinion, reason, the message from the November elections..... etc.

Well let's see what you folks think about this; Why is Bush 'going for it'? Is the cost worth it? Is there a true chance of breaking the staus quo- long or short term? Is he going stir-crazy out of desperation?

He reminds of our former canadian prime-minister Brian Mulroney in the 1980s, who was a conservative- came in on a landslide, was in for 2 terms, but succeeded in leading the country into[i] a double recession defied everyone to hell- had a leadership popularity of 15% at the end and his Conservative party actually ended up renaming itself just to wash away the bitter taste Mulroney had associated with the old party.

My point here is some leaders don't know when to jump off the road to ruin.

[pezking]

Well, here's my take on the situation.

Iran is the main concern. If we leave Iraq, Iran becomes the new power in the Persian Gulf. The people watching out political show right now is the Iranian govt. They want the Dems to take control and move all the soldiers out so they'll have easy access. I have a few friends over there and from what they've explained to me lately is that some of the insurgents that they're capturing have Iranian govt/military ties. Kind of interesting.

So Bush going on tv, right after the House officially moves to the Dems, and saying that he'll be sending another 20,000 troops in is basically his way of letting Iran know that he's still in charge. He's still going to do this whether or not other politicians oppose him.

Now on the troops, I'm split. I have friends there and I have one buddy out of boot camp going into Airborne training who would most likely be sent over. Majority of my mind thinks that more is better, but I still don't want any lives to be lost. But you figure, D-Day wouldn't have worked with limited troops. So if they concentrate multi-thousands of troops on Baghdad and clean up house to house, it could work.

I think it takes a lot for Bush to admit his mistakes and now he's attempting to finish what he started. Not a huge Bush fan, but I'm liking him a lot better in his 2nd term than his 1st.