Archive for January, 2007

2007: The year the U.S. attacks Iran?

January 15th, 2007 – 8:24 pm
Tagged as: Iran

Are President Bush’s recent moves leading up to the attack on Iran that some had expected to happen last fall? Let’s look at the list:

The appointment of Admiral William Fallon (an expert in naval aviation, not ground operations) as the theater commander for the region
Bush’s speech on January 10th, which contained saber rattling toward [...]

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Same old song and dance

January 10th, 2007 – 9:25 pm
Tagged as: Iraq

As I write this President Bush is giving his big speech about sending another twenty-thousand troops to Iraq. He’s disguising the fact that what he’s proposing is merely a change in tactics, rather than any sort of change in strategy. He’s brushing aside the fact that only 12% of American’s (and few in [...]

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