Iraq Battles Give Bush Fresh Supply of Motives to Attack Iran
by Liam Bailey
2008-03-29 21:38:14 **opinion**
The situation is worsening in Iraq. Nouri Al Maliki has already put the deadline back for the Medhi Army militia men to give up their guns, and when the additional ten days is up I foresee a long battle for control of southern Iraq and Shia areas throughout the country.
It's one of the most obviously empty threats I have ever seen, issuing a deadline when you have already got your troops fighting the battle is pointless, because all you can do when the deadline passes is keep fighting. So there is no incentive for the Medhi army to meet the deadline, unless in the next ten days the Iraqi army -- helped directly today for the first time in this battle by British troops -- start to take a major advantage, which is unfortunately, highly unlikely.
Even more unfortunate, is how much closer these battles take us to war between Iran and the U.S. Of course because the Medhi army is Shia it must be funded and supported by Iran. And the longer these battles continue the more motives the U.S. will be able to rack up for going to war with Iran.
Whether or not the U.S. will attack Iran is a lot harder to predict than some think, if you look at it with an open mind there are too many contradictory arguments to make head nor tail of. However, if I was pressed I would say (touch wood) that we might just see Bush out of office without an offensive against Iran. At which point most people who hope to avoid war will breathe a sigh of relief -- unless of course McCain is elected and we could be in for another four years of hoping for the best.
One thing is certain, with the current Shia uprising in Iraq unlikely to end quickly, if the Bush administration is planning to attack before they leave the White House -- due to the abundance of motives on top of their constant scaremongering of an Iranian A-Bomb -- then an attack there will be.
