The Muddle East

Pots on the Burner

In hurried fashion as if it had to be done by the end of the year, Saddam Hussein was hanged at daybreak before New Years Eve.

2006 Went Out with a Hang. The year 2007 opens with news of U.S. president George W. Bush gearing up for additional war in Iraq and possibly Iran.

Israel is reportedly ready to attack Iran with low-yield nuclear weapons, although they deny it.

As they build their nuclear weapons systems, Teheran says: Israel will regret any attack.

President Bush is ready to set target dates for the Iraqi government to get a handle on terror attacks happening inside the country against warring factions so he can get our troops out soon, or so he says. But at the same time he is calling for 20-30,000 additional troops and has sent four battle groups into the region, partly to scare Iran, but also as a show of force in support of Israel.

Democrats are ready to fight any troop surge and demand they come home, which would have devastating consequences for America, both at home and in Iraq, not to mention around the world when civil war breaks out in Iraq after the troops leave. Iran would own Iraq lock, stock and barrel.

The world will be finding out exactly what steps Bush will task America with next week. Look for him to either go full bore for victory or for Iraq's stablization while warning Iran and Syria to keep their insurgents and weapons out or else face brutal consequences.

While the year is young, pots on the burner are starting to sizzle.

Labels: Bush, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Lebannon, nuclear weapons, Russia, Syria, troop surge

posted by F. Scott Melgin @ 10:20 PM