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.

[Hellfighter]

I really hope it works, but such surges in Iraq in the past never worked. His Generals Bush promised to listen to say it's likely a pointless venture. So if it's all just for some face-saving I think he shouldn't attempt it at the cost of soldier's lives. The Insurgents I suppose will likely keep their heads down and be biding their time until they've given the impression all is quiet. Once the US troops pull out of Baghdad it'll be the same old same old in my opinion. As to the amounts of soldiers being put in for such a final blow, the Generals said 200,000 troops are needed for that kind of effect- not just the 20,000 being brought in to bolster the 135,000 there now. That kind kind of hammer blow needed at the start of the war to consolidate gains. As much as Rumsfeld's strategy of a swift light piercing advance into Iraq was very impressive it backfired and the whole op. stalled. A bit like the Allies fast breakout out of Mormandy bogged down due much to overstretched supply lines. Anyway- we'll see in 6 months what happens.

This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 01/12/07 3:07pm