Is Iran next...?

I was planning to write about the State of the Union address from last Tuesday.
But after reading carefully the speech, I found some alarming notes , these added to some recent events make write this post.

First , previous to the State of the Union speech the President have another speech to explain to America , “The Way Forward in Iraq”.
During that speech, 6 times the President addressed Iran in different manners, mostly as supporter of the violence reigning in Iraq as well as a country emboldened in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Syria was only mentioned 1 time.

This Tuesday, during the State of the Union speech, the president again, mentioned Iran, 5 times, this time identifying Iran as a major supporter of Shia extremists, as well as Hezbollah.

This portrayal of Iran equals in the same way the portrayal made of Iraq previous to the war, just replace W.M.D for nuclear weapons and Al Qaeda for Shia extremists and Hezbollah.

The Pentagon sent a second U.S. carrier group to the Gulf; this will put 5,000 more U.S. sailors in the region, bringing the total to 16,000.

This time the battle group leaded by the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) aircraft carrier will join the group headed by the USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) aircraft carrier, each flanked by nuclear submarines and battleships, carrying fleets of attack jets, and holding special Marine landing forces.

Today, the President authorized U.S. forces in Iraq take whatever actions are necessary to counter Iranian agents including capturing and killing if necessary.

Meantime, Iran, conducted tests for his Zalzal-1 and Fajr-5 missiles this past Monday.

Add this to the fact of Iran installing thousands of centrifuges in an underground facility next month.
This centrifuges will spin uranium gas into enriched material.
This will escalate the conflict between Tehran and world powers over its nuclear program.

Israel is already involved in a duel of threats with president Ahmadinejad , after the war with Hezbollah on its northern border.

With all this on mind, it should not come as a major surprise if an US-Israeli alliance decided to attack Iran.

By the end of February, president Ahmadinejad will announce the progress of Iran’s nuclear programs; it also marks the end of the 60 days period given to Iran to bring to an end their nuclear program, by the UN resolution 1713.

At this point in time, the countdown will start, because by then the US battle group will be in place as well as the extra troops provided to Iraq, who will be ready to prevent the “spill” of the insurgence to other countries, also the Patriot missiles ordered to protect other Arab countries in the Gulf will be deployed.

Apocalypse Now….?

My thanks to different resources used for this post:
Special Mention to the report from ING Wholesale Banking located
"HERE" (PDF format)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/

The battle has just begun...

Just a few hours ago the President George W Bush announced HIS DECISION, to send 21,500 more combat troops to Iraq.
After a long period of time, consulting with different sources that included the military, domestic and foreign policy makers, etc, the best solution available was to send more troops.
This was not a surprise for anyone, time and time again the President has decided to pursue objectives, not desired by the common American.
To do this, The President Bush misrepresented facts, created a state of fear and impending doom over the population.
Now, he is facing a tough political opposition, from not only the Democrats, but from within his Republican Party.
Senators from his own party, called this "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out."
The people of the United States are tired of waking up every morning with news of the death toll of Americans and Iraqis going up.
The generals, who opposed this increase of troops, are no longer in command, swiftly replaced by others more condescending with the President's point of view.
So:
The people of the United States are opposed.
The political opposition (Democrats) is opposed.
Member of his own party are opposed.
How many more deaths?
How many more wounded and incapacitated for life?
How many more billions of dollars?
How much despair and agony is needed for this President to know that he was wrong then, he is wrong now and he will be wrong in the future, if he continues in this path of war and destruction.
In almost 4 years of war, 3.000 American troops died and the number of Iraqis dead is staggering.

But, nothing of this is important now because...

The battle has just begun...