Tuesday, February 27, 2007
War on Terror Update: it's ALL f-ckin' fallin' apart....
Pleasant trip to Afghanistan, Dick?
Thoughts from NOW magazine on the possible Iran war Bush seems to be itching to launch:
"Many people listen to the White House these days and conclude that a U.S. attack on Iran is imminent: "To be quite honest, I'm a little concerned that it's Iraq again," as Senator John Rockefeller, the new chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said recently.
Some senior U.S. soldiers were worried about the strategic wisdom and even the legality of invading Iraq, but nobody resigned over it. It was obvious that the U.S. would win the actual war quickly and cheaply, and almost nobody worried about the aftermath.
But an attack on Iran is different, even though it would not involve American ground troops (since all available U.S. combat troops are committed to Iraq), because any competent general knows that this is a war the U.S. cannot win.
Air strikes alone cannot win a war, however massive they are, and they probably could not even destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities, which are numerous, dispersed and often deeply buried. Many Iranians would be killed, but what would the U.S. do next? It would have very few options, whereas Iran would have many.
Iran could flood Iraq with sophisticated weapons and send volunteers to help the fight against U.S. forces there. It could throw international markets into turmoil by halting its own oil exports. It could try to close the entire gulf to tanker traffic (with a fair chance of success) and throw the entire world economy into crisis."
Click here to read more.
Meanwhile....
BREAKING (?) NEWS: An explosion outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan went off Tuesday as Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting - WTF??
Gen. Pace says the US's military capability is eroding.
And in "post-Surge/security crackdown" Baghdad:
Iraqi VP Adel Abdul-Mahdi narrowly escapes assassination.
And Iraqi President Talabani falls ill as Baghdad reels from new bombings.
I keep saying this every time I do one of these posts but seriously... when will the f-ckin' madness end??
Semi-related: congrats to Al Gore on last night. If only Bush hadn't stolen the presidency back in 2000 (*sigh*)...
Labels: Afghanistan, Dick Cheney, General Peter Pace, Iran, Iraq war, Jalal Talabani, War on Terror
