The urge to surge by the scourge of the free world is only a vehicle for our beloved president to save face. 20,000 troops or 40,000 lives is cheap at half the price just as long as our decider is happy. Granted it is a pathetic little face to save but it is the face of our vast defense contractor's have - not the face they might wish to have.

More troops are not the whole story. We have now parked a nuclear aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. It is a win win situation whether it is fired upon, sunk or gives support to our troops, many of whom are now on their fourth deployment. An attack against a US ship (imagined or not) has been the standard to escalate several US war adventures in the past.

If a nuclear device should explode in the region, the white house is prepared to immediately blame Iran, no matter who is respondsible.