A potential catastrophic bloodbath in the offing in the middle east

"American troops all over central and northern Iraq are supplied with fuel, food, and ammunition by truck convoy from a supply base hundreds of miles away in Kuwait. All but a small amount of our soldiers’ supplies come into the country over roads that pass through the Shiite-dominated south of Iraq . . .

Southern Iraq is thoroughly infiltrated by Iranian special operations forces working with Shiite militias, such as Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army and the Badr Brigades. Hostilities between Iran and the United States or a change in attitude toward US forces on the part of the Baghdad government could quickly turn the supply roads into a "shooting gallery" 400 to 800 miles long."

Does that get your attention? It should. The odds are 140,000 to 35 million, and I don't care what kind of weapons you have, that ain't good. Especially when your weapons depend on that long fragile supply line.

Christy at Firedoglake has compiled a number of sources into one hair raising post.

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