Notes on the current crisis

The recent statement by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that the US missions in Iraq and Afghanistan were needed to contain the threat "emanating from Iran". Is the clearest possible indication that there is no exit strategy and that the US has not intention of leaving Iraq or anywhere else in the region. It clearly indicates that the US strategy of "containing" Iran is a convenient cover for a superpower determined to dominate the region. My full posting can be found here.