I didn’t watch his speech. I rarely watch them anymore as his "performance" is largely irrelevant to me. I’m more interested in what he says, and for that I always await the transcript, which is here. It’s at CBS news, which I normally wouldn’t trust to send out for donuts, but it’s the only one I can find at the moment. When the White House has one up, I’ll switch the link to it. (I found the White House one and switched it.) The surge sounds workable, even logical, focused as it will be on Baghdad and al Anbar. And although he offered no specifics on Iran and Syria he at least said we’d be working (at last) to stop their interference. He only mentioned two carrier strike groups, although a third one is plainly to soon be on the way, but he did mention the security of the region and stopping Iran from getting nukes. All of which may be as pointed inuendo as he feels he is able to offer right now. I hope he has much more in mind.
UPDATE Two days of furious battles in Baghdad show the fight has begun, re Iraq the Model here.
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