Gates Says 'Escalation' Is About Iran

   Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told NATO this morning that the surge is really all about saving face with Iran, not the protecting the 'young democracy' crap from Presidents Bush lying mouth!

   From The Guardian

Increased US military activity in the Gulf is aimed at Iran's "very negative" behaviour, the Bush administration said today.

The defense 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.

Such remarks, following the prospect of "hot pursuit" raids into Iran as raised by George Bush in his televised address last week, have fueled speculation that the US is softening up the American public for possible action against Tehran.

   Our President might want to watch what he does before he really pisses off the middle east! But then, he and the Christian Right are trying to bring World War 3 into being anyway.

 

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