Before the speech, additional naval forces head to the gulf.
Centcom gets an admiral as chief.
Bush warns the Iranians and Syrians.
We raid a building in Irbil and take away equipment and 6 Iranians, and the Iranian foreign minister goes whacko over it, two weeks after arresting 6 more Iranians in the house of Az Al Hakim, some of whom turn out to have diplomatic immunity, but found there with some unsavory items, leading to uncomfortable conclusions
Bush announces the departure of Patriot missile batteries...to where, and why? Israel, KSA, and others in the gulf HAVE Patriots to shoot down ballistic missile attacks? Does Iraq? And there is only ONE source from which we need to protect against ballistic missile barrages.
Someone leaks an IDF plan to nuke Iranian underground nuke facilities to the Times of London, WHY?
Are we about to begin a strategy to provoke Iran?
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American strategy has never been to bluff just to see what the other guy does. Perhaps it could be the case that before Americans preempt, the Iranian people topple their government and place a new one more moderate. But what the Americans are doing is preparing to do what is necessary to ensure that Iran never becomes nuclear-capable.
I think the only possibility of avoiding a military confrontation with Iran, is that the Iranian people finally topple their government and replace it with a more moderate one. This is a possibility, because Iranian people are not that happy with their government. Many people in Iran are used to a modern way of life, and would not like to see their country burn to rubble because of their government's extremist stance against the West.
But I am sure the Americans are not relying too much on that. Looking at American military actions in the past, when they mobilize their forces, they are not joking or bluffing. If they did, they would have lost respect long time ago.
oh I don't think this is a bluff. I think we may be provoking them to respond.
Sort of like getting the confederates to fire on Fort Sumter ...if the Iranians strike us ..
"Is something up?"
I sure as hell hope so. Bush has two years left to s**t or get off the pot, otherwise his "legacy" is toast.
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