Over the weekend, I posed a question re Bush's 'surge 'and what I believed to be its "two-fold purpose". Many disagreed.
But it looks as though I was right. The 'surge' is merely a smokescreen for the US's ultimate plan.
The Guardian
January 15, 2007
"Iran target of US Gulf military moves, Gates says"
Increased military activity in the Gulf is aimed at Iran's "very negative" behaviour, the Bush administration said today.
The defence secretary, Robert Gates, told reporters that the decision to deploy a Patriot missile battalion and a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf in conjunction with a "surge" of troops in Iraq was designed to show Iran that the US was not "overcommitted" in Iraq.His remarks followed tough comments on Iran at the weekend from other senior US officials. Such remarks have fueled speculation that the US is softening up US public for possible action against Tehran. It is also a repudiation of one of key recommendations of Iraq Study Group....(see cont'd)
2007-01-16 05:49:58 · 4 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
which called for the start of a dialogue with Iran and Syria in an effort to extricate the US from Iraq.
2007-01-16 05:50:50 · update #1
Threefold: it allows the US to keep its tenuous foothold in Iraq until 2008, when this fiasco becomes a new president's problem.
2007-01-16 05:58:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure.....somehow it think it's gonna serve more than two ideals try more like, everytime they have to go on a mission it serves a purpose!
2007-01-16 07:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by chapman_red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes alot of sense strategically,doesn't it!
and I agree.
2007-01-16 06:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by slabsidebass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yay! i'm glad to hear it.
2007-01-16 05:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by political junkie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋