I really hope we get out of the middle east with fewer dead than in Viet Nam, but considering Bush's track record....

I've noted before that the troops are outnumbered at least 250 to 1 with a supply line over 800 miles long over IED ridden Iraqi roads. Here

Read this from Booman Tribune

"Iran and Iraq are becoming more intimate in their relations. Which in the Middle East can only mean one thing: It's the Oil Stupid!"

"Forget about all the other signs of close ties between Iran and the Iraqi Shia political parties. This is the strongest indication yet that Iraq's government, and particularly its Oil Ministry, headed up by a Shia Minister, Hussein Al-Shahristani is dedicated to close ties with Iran. In the Middle East nothing is closer than oil."

"Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld cannot be happy about this development, which is a virtual slap in their face by the ruling Shi'ites in Iraq's Government. It is the clearest signal to America that an attack on Iran will result in consequences in Iraq for our troops. Consequences from the thousands of Shia militia men ready to attack American troops should the signal be given. And if Iran is attacked by America it will be."