If the Bush administration was more forthcomign about their strategy in the middle east, sources like the Guardian wouldn't need to be sniffing around and writing stuff that sounds like an Oliver Stone movie...

What intrigues me is a long term presence in Iraq and the advantages that it may have for the US. You could certainly argue that the polices of the past hasn't exactly worked and fed the situation that we are facing today. Uh oh, I'm starting to sound like a neocons...