New Approach

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Taxes didn't come up.
Do any of you find it to be a little amazing that the US and Iran (Shia) are fighting a common enemy, the Sunnis (Sadr's), for which we are sending an additional 21,500 troops? That makes sense.

DTS this is flat out inaccurate. We are trying to stop the Sunnis and Shiites from killing each other. We have killed numerous Shiites while trying to protect ourselves. American troops are attacked by more Shiite militias than Sunnis. And the Shiites are fighting amongst themselves for power. It really is not fair to over simplify and then imply that it does not make sense.
BTW the man we would most like to kill is a Shiite... Sadr from that bopping of town of Sadr city.

oops did not read enough, Rupert caught it. And I also think we got more information out of the Bush adminstration as far as tactics than we have ever gotten before. At least we know how they are going to try to create safer areas and how this in turn might stabilize the country. Having said that I dont think its going to work. We have reached an extreme level of instability. Urban civil war.