Reply #12: OK. But you gotta promise not to tell my shrink. [View All]

[hang a left]

I always try to look at the bigger picture. I always assume that manipulation is being attempted when official story-lines are paraded out for the public's consumption.

I have assumed that the current escalation in Iraq is motivated by one of two factors. It is either extreme stupidity, or an attempt to cause a holy war that will ultimately lead to engagement by other Middle-East countries. Either of which it appears to me will cause unacceptable (to the American public) American casualties. Which could rally the country behind a military draft and the advancement of the PNAC agenda.

The timing of the Spanish withdrawal, and the stand-off in Najaf I find suspect. Nothing new here, I suspect everyone and everything. I just wonder what went on behind the scenes that caused this coincidence.