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| Did the President Declare "Secret War" Against Syria and Iran? |
| 2007-01-13 |
| Washington intelligence, military and foreign policy circles are abuzz today with speculation that the President, yesterday or in recent days, sent a secret Executive Order to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director of the CIA to launch military operations against Syria and Iran. The President may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress or any broad discussion with the country... ...But what is disconcerting is that some are speculating that Bush has decided to heat up military engagement with Iran and Syria -- taking possible action within their borders, not just within Iraq. Some are suggesting that the Consulate raid may have been designed to try and prompt a military response from Iran -- to generate a casus belli for further American action. If this is the case, the debate about adding four brigades to Iraq is pathetic. The situation will get even hotter than it now is, worsening the American position and exposing the fact that to fight Iran both within the borders of Iraq and into Iranian territory, there are not enough troops in the theatre. Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize. Sorry, folks...but I've come to the conclusion that Bush has neither the brains nor the balls to do something like this. I hate, hate, HATE to agree with anything spewed out of the MSM's rectal passage concerning GWOT policy - but when they blather and whine about the GWOT lasting longer than our involvement in WWII, they unintentionally make a hell of a point. Would FDR have forced Eisenhower to operate under rules of engagement that placed the Waffen-SS off limits? Would he have left the military at the same strength it had during Hoover's administration? Would he have placed the Messerschmitt factories on a restricted-target list because the bombs MIGHT hit a Gothic cathedral? The writer (and Israeli army vet) Mark Helprin said it best, as far back as the fall of 2003: "Had the United States delivered a coup de main soon after September 11 and, on an appropriate scale, had the president asked Congress on the 12th for a declaration of war and all he needed to wage war, and had this country risen to the occasion as it has done so often, the war on terrorism would now be largely over." But it's nowhere close to being over. And because Bush lacked the fortitude, brains and leadership ability to drive the war effort forward, it's liable to still be going on when our generation's grandkids are grown. |
| Posted by: RIcky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-01-13 23:33 |
| #11 Holy Christ. Did anyone else see the comment about Cambodia and Laos falling into "madness and genocide" becuse Nixon invaded them? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-13 19:12 |
| #10 Dammit Steve! That's what I stopped in to say! |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-13 18:36 |
| #9 will he declare martial law and cancel further elections? If Bushitler were 1/10th the Bushitler these wankers imagine him to be, they would all be in jail or ground into dog food by now. Hey, maybe it's not Secret War, but Double Secret War! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-01-13 17:59 |
| #8 funniest part? The same W haters would be OK with Castro, Chavez, Mugab Bob or Qhaddafi/Khaddafy/Kimmie |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-13 17:25 |
| #7 My big question is will he withdraw from the Oval Office when his term is up or will he declare martial law and cancel further elections? He's the most power hungry son of a bitch in US history. Hahahahahaha!!! I knew it! I just knew these bastards couldn't resist rumormongering to something like this. I said, what, 3 or 4 days ago, that they'd be saying just this sort of thing any time now. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-01-13 16:48 |
| #6 It's easier to ask for forgiveness after the fact than seeking permission before acting. |
| Posted by: USMC6743 2007-01-13 14:29 |
| #5 Reagan never declared war: he went into Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, etc unannounced. Somalia was entered with UN sanction, and exited in light of UN sandbags. The military-diplomatic term for sudden war is: fait accompli. Do it; talk about it later. |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-13 12:30 |
| #4 You gotta love an article that that is proceeded by a headline punctuated with a “?”. C’mon…give it a try…you too can be a journalist! Just fill in the blanks. "______…abuzz today with speculation that ______…may have started a new secret ______…some are speculating that ______…taking possible action ______…Some are suggesting that ______ …may have been ______…If this is the case ______…may really have pushed ______…" |
| Posted by: Chirong Elmereper8530 2007-01-13 11:25 |
| #3 Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize. Faster, please™. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-01-13 10:55 |
| #2 To protect Americans, go for it |
| Posted by: Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-13 10:36 |
| #1 I wish it were true. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-13 09:52 |