I believe the troop increase is only to say Fuck You America

[Toots]

The very great majority wants less troops not more. Bush* was told by virtually every person that was not in his circle that the US needed to withdraw from Iraq. Bush* is showing America who is boss. He will not be told how to conduct his war...He is the Decider, after all.....I can visualize him and Rove and Cheney sitting around thinking about what to do and either Rove or Cheney said "Fuck them, Let's show them we will not be pushed around. Let's do the opposite of what they say. Let's send more troops in....What can they do? We will show them who is boss." It has absolutely nothing to do with Iraq. Way too few troops to do any actual good as every military advisor has said. It is solely for Bush* to say "Fuck You America, I am the boss not you". "I AM THE DECIDER"

[PATRICK]

1. That is undoubtedly

underneath in the shallow unconscious, I am sure. The inherited disdain the Bushes have for the ordinary person can quickly spread out of spite and failure. A lot of what motivates Junior is small minded large scale revenge against generic enemies in a very broad swath. The way he treats his tools is also indicative of deep seated spite and scorn when even modestly pushed away from his happy thoughts. Part of it, I am sure, moreso even than Nixon was ever capable of.

[Philosoraptor]

2. They have NO regard for us whatsoever.

[ixion]

3. yep, much like Cartman (from South Park) the chimp is saying:

"F**k you, I do what I want!"

[teryang]

4. this is about protecting the petrodollar

it was in danger of going below important support at 80. The economy of the haves and have mores is under attack. OPEC, Russia, and Iran want to trade in other currencies. Iran will tip the balance against dollar dominance since WWII. The deterioration, and decline of the US economy will become official.

This is enforcement of the value of the dollar at the point of a gun. They will stage whatever scary events and create whatever security threats they need to intimidate the oil rich sheikdoms on the gulf. Iran is on the table, the embargo, sanctions, interference with internal energy development projects are all meant (as economic warfare goes) to prevent the balance from tipped against the petrodollar.

If their desperate gambit doesn't work, they will make wilder and wilder schemes to defend the almighty petrodollar of the have-mores. That is their constituency. They have always succeeded in the past, so they assume they will succeed again. GS is in charge. Because this is the policy of the super rich, it is being blamed on neo-cons, personality traits of the dimson, incompetence, etc. There is very much a consistent logic behind the moves being made.