DEAD END with IRAN - IAEA

BBC News: Reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that talks with Iran over its nuclear plans have reached a DEAD END. As readers of this blog have read, all the talks with Iran have been an attempt by Iran to run the clock out, they want endless talks, they want to get the UN and the West stuck in details, details that they will play as they have no plans to give up their dream of becoming a nuclear armed power. It has been reported on Fox News that China has agreed to go along with tough sanctions, this would show that the Obama diplomacy is working, lets see if China and Russia follow through on tough sanctions on Iran. If the UN should fail then Israel will take action, as any Israeli action could lead to a regional war, thus the USA would have to take action, Iran just might pause at taking action against the United States. In this Obama would be boxed in, if Iran attacked USA bases in Iraq or in the region the USA voter would demand tough military action, lets recall the USA can wipe Iran from the face of the earth. Thus the new year will be tough for Obama, he has to get tough sanctions from the UN, he has to get China and Russia to follow through, Israel has to be convinced that Obama and UN understand the stakes. President Obama does not have months to dither when it comes to Iran, lets hope his dithering does not cause a regional War in the Middle East.

Leaks on Afghanistan

The Daily Beast: Reports that President Obama will send between thirty and thirty six thousand troops to Afghanistan, with an addition ten thousand should they be needed later on. This would show that President Obama wants to win the War in Afghanistan, that he has learned the lessons of the Vietnam War. But lets be clear here folks, this surge has to be time sensitive, in pure political terms President Obama can not afford for Afghanistan to go down the drain before the Mid Term Congressional Elections in 2010. Thus the US Commander on the ground, General McChrystal has about a year to turn Afghanistan around, he has to show that the Taliban are losing, that the Government in Kabul is less corrupt and is working for the people of Afghanistan. If after a year the US is in the same position and having lost more troops then the US will have to change its ground strategy. Thus US will have to withdraw it troops and place them in Pakistan, clean out Al - Qaeda on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, place a strong man in Afghanistan who keep the Taliban - Al Qaeda at a low level threat. Thus a interesting year ahead for the USA and the UK.

Tony Blair and the Iraq War Part Four

BBC News: Reports on the latest witness to the Iraq War Inquiry, today it was the UK Ambassador to the United States at the time of the lead up to the War, Sir Christopher Meyer stated that the UK PM Tony Blair got tougher on the Iraqi regime after a private discussion with Bush 43 in April of 2002. One gets the impression that UK Establishment has decided that if any one is going to be hung in PR terms its not going to be them, thus all roads lead by to Tony Blair, yesterday we had the information that the UK was informed by sources that the WMD of the Iraqi regime didn't work, today we see by implication if not statement that Blair had decided to remove Saddam Hussein after a private meeting with Bush 43 in April of 2002. Thus what about his statements to House of Commons that the UK had no plans for War. As the Telegraph reported the MOD had started on planning in early 2002, in fact it was kept so secret that it didn't help for post war security for Iraq. One gets the impression in pirate terms that the Establishment is giving the black spot to Tony Blair. Lets be balanced here folks, what was the Establishment doing while the UK headed for War in Iraq, sleep at the wheel, the blame does not just belong to Tony Blair.

10,000 Troops Request by Obama for Afghanistan = NATO

The New York Times: Reports that the Obama Administration will ask its NATO Allies for an additional ten thousand troops to reach the troop request of General McChrystal, the NYT writes the following on the request, " Those countries appear willing to provide fewer than half that number, American and allied officials said Wednesday. " If President Obama wont back his own selected General with the forty thousand troops that General McChrystal requested then the UK should get out of Afghanistan, the blood of our soldiers should not be used as cover for the Obama Administration. If it has take Obama months to reach this half baked idea then his judgement is not sound, NATO has always been symbolic minus the nuclear side of its defence. At the end of the day the US has to fight big wars with its own troops with minor support from Europe and the UK. In other words Obama does not want to win Afghanistan, this is another Vietnam. It is sad to see Obama becoming another LBJ. The mistake the elite media makes is to assume that intelligence means you can fight your way out of paper bag, it does not, the Kennedy's had the best and the brightest and what did the USA get, the Vietnam War, from Ike to Ford. Thus by taking this route Obama will make himself the next LBJ. The one silver lining is that after Obama loses in 2012 we should have Republican rule for years.

The Nuclear Option - Health Care Reform

The Nation: Typical Democratic Chicago trick, the Bible for Liberals ( as they don't believe in God ) wants to use a Parliamentary trick to prevent the Republicans blocking health care, the Nation wants to do away with the Senate filibuster, the article states the following on the filibuster, " we need to put an end to the filibuster follies once and for all. " How many will bet that when the Republicans take control of the Senate again the Democrats will shout from the roof top that the Senate filibuster is an essential tool of the Senate. This move to prevent debate is a typical under handed Chicago trick, if you cant win in the normal process of politics destroy the system. Lets hope Democrats in the Senate have a brain cell, when they are in the minority do they want to be rolled over by just 51 votes. Grow UP Nation, your more destructive to the United States than of a benefit, what comes first, the USA or your agenda.

The Selling of Afghanistan

ABC: Reports that when President Obama announces more troops for Afghanistan, he will state that there is an exit plan for Afghanistan. If this is the Obama plan then NATO has lost in Afghanistan, do you tell the enemy that by a certain date you are out of the conflict. The Taliban are murdering cowards by they are not stupid, all they have to do is wait Obama out, make sure the US and NATO soldiers take enough dead to make the War another Vietnam. At the end of the day the War in Vietnam was lost at back in the USA. The Afghanistan War was the Just War for the Democrats, it was the War that they could use to attack Bush 43, the shoe is now on a different foot, the War in Iraq is over, all US troops should be out of Iraq by 2011. The War in Afghanistan is not going well, General McChrystal has stated that the USA has a year to win Afghanistan, if that is the real situation on the ground then NATO has lost, President Obama might think he has an exit out of Afghanistan but then he is forgetting one fact, Pakistan. The reason the NATO and the US is in Afghanistan is not about Afghanistan, its about the nuclear armed Pakistan, the Army of Pakistan is taking on the Taliban on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but to keep the pressure up the US has to have troops across the border to take out the Taliban when they cross to get away from the Army of Pakistan. If the US was to withdraw it troops, the Taliban of both Afghanistan and Pakistan would have safe heaven in Afghanistan, thus Pakistan could fall to the Taliban. That would be a disaster for the region, India would have to take military action, this could go nuclear, thus massive destruction in the area. Thus advice to readers, if you hear POTUS going on about exit routes, just think of a second hand car salesman from Chicago trying to sell you a clapped out car. As long as Pakistan is under threat the USA and NATO will stay in Afghanistan.