farquar
12-31-2006, 09:50 AM
Iran has thumbed its nose at the U.N. Security Council’s efforts to be reasonable. News reports indicate President Bush is dispatching the aircraft carrier attack group John Stennis to the Persian Gulf early, to overlap for a period of several months with the USS Eisenhower on station there, as other U.S. and British naval forces are built up.
This will create a formidable force of combat aircraft and guided missile firepower off the coast of Iran. John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, who has been studying the satellite imagery, holds that concentrated strikes on Iranian nuclear weapons sites and conventional air defenses can in short order blow that country’s WMD dreams back into the Stone Age.
In Iraq, the concern is stability and an end to sectarian violence. If Iran is to be attacked, Iraq becomes the flank on which we can expect a counterattack.
At the top of the to-do list is the Iranian-backed terrorist militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who has been too long ignored. The removal of al-Sadr and the destruction of his militia is the first step to restoring peace in Iraq and removing Iran’s vile influence there.
Last week, American soldiers sent a strong message to al-Sadr when they killed one of his deputies in Najaf. They sent a strong message to Iran when they seized two Iranian military officials in Baghdad. News reports now indicate that, rather than backing out of Iraq, Bush is preparing to engage aggressively, with 20,000 to 30,000 troops, some of whom have already received marching orders. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL--------$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ;) BostonHerald.com - International: Execution of justice: New year, new goals with Saddam gone (http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=174667&srvc=news)
This will create a formidable force of combat aircraft and guided missile firepower off the coast of Iran. John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, who has been studying the satellite imagery, holds that concentrated strikes on Iranian nuclear weapons sites and conventional air defenses can in short order blow that country’s WMD dreams back into the Stone Age.
In Iraq, the concern is stability and an end to sectarian violence. If Iran is to be attacked, Iraq becomes the flank on which we can expect a counterattack.
At the top of the to-do list is the Iranian-backed terrorist militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who has been too long ignored. The removal of al-Sadr and the destruction of his militia is the first step to restoring peace in Iraq and removing Iran’s vile influence there.
Last week, American soldiers sent a strong message to al-Sadr when they killed one of his deputies in Najaf. They sent a strong message to Iran when they seized two Iranian military officials in Baghdad. News reports now indicate that, rather than backing out of Iraq, Bush is preparing to engage aggressively, with 20,000 to 30,000 troops, some of whom have already received marching orders. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL--------$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ;) BostonHerald.com - International: Execution of justice: New year, new goals with Saddam gone (http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=174667&srvc=news)