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1. I have said before GW is gona "Stay the Course" and hand it off to the next prez to solve. Is this new stratedgy just another version of stay the course?

2. I would think that Cheney etall would be a devious lot, but after seeing how they planned the war so far, I just don't know anymore. Assuming that they have a trick or two up their sleeves, my guess is that if Maliki doesn't perform GW will get someone who can, namely Hakim. Then bye bye Democracy hello Dictatorship. My bet would be that Maliki is not able to live up nor really wants to live up to the new plan.

3. If Saudi, Jordan, Egypt and several of the other Gulf States goes to war with Iran, the US will back our allys and go to war with Iran as well. A new Carrier Battle group has just been deployed to the Gulf if U all recall.

4. Unless GW has a trick up his sleeve he is going to go down as one of the worst US Presidents, probably right next to LBJ. If the Iraqi war sinks the US he will be at the very bottom. GWs reliance on the Iraqis to stand up is ludicrious on face value.