Tazzerman. The terrorist’s most potent weapon in the war on terror is the US Media and the Democratic party. Right now both are pretty busy. So there is a window there that the Bush administration can take advantage of to strike a blow against the terrs.
Within 2 days there can be 4 CVBG’s off the shore of Iran, with another 2 more arriving within a week. Add to that the Air Force units ( I think about 180 warplanes) already there are the AirForce’s ability to bump that number by about 400 in a couple of days and you have almost 1,000 warplanes able to target the Mullahs. The real problem will be finding targets for them after the 4th day.
I didn’t count the UACV’s flying around waiting to catch a Mullahs between bunkers.
No, the military side is easy, it’s the domestic political side that causes problems. From now until the convention, the Mullah’s best weapons will be engaged. There is another opportunity starting about 6 weeks before the general election.
Going now would create a Battle Royal amongst the Demonrats. The hard core terrorist supporters would go ballistic and start raving about impeachment, protest marches, etc. The useful fools (those that think they can sit out this war) would not want to waste the time and energy. This would be another blow to Democratic unity, which is already starting to look a little rough around the edges.
If Bush waits until September to pull the trigger, He will be forcing the Demonrats to vote for America by declaring War on Iran, or vote for Iran by refusing to allow military action against Iran. ALl of this a few weeks before the general election.
Which would Karl Rove do? Screw them now or screw them later?
