In The Bush Speech

What are the Patriot missiles for Bush mentioned in his speech? Does the insurgency have long range missles? Why another carrier task force? Still don't think Iran's gonna get hit either by the U.S. or Israel? Well, the British have had enough of Bush BS.... Risks for Blair in US Iraq plan Analysis By Nick Assinder Political correspondent, BBC News website Tony Blair has lost no time in signalling that President Bush's plans for a troop "surge" in Iraq will have no effect on British moves to gradually reduce force numbers in the country. Indeed, all the talk in Westminster now is around speculation that the draw down of up to 3,000 UK troops may be under way by May - in the weeks leading up to the prime minister's expected retirement day. The aim of these two developments is to seek to reassure voters that, whatever the US does, it will not lead to an increase in British involvement in the country or blow the government's plans off course. Ministers are eager to point out, as Mr Blair reminded the Cabinet on Thursday morning, that conditions on the ground in the UK's zone of operation in Basra are entirely different from those in Baghdad, which is the focus of the US movement. From the BBC