Posted by
Cal Samuel August on Saturday, March 31, 2007 12:41:51 PM
This past week on Hugh Hewitt's show, Newt Gingrich suggested a pretty amazing move for the war on terror. He basically said, take out the one oil refinery that Iran has and put a naval blockade on them to cut off oil supplies, and it would shut down the Iranian economy in weeks, if not sooner.
According to the Hugh Hewitt show, the Brit soldiers who were recently taken as hostages were not allowed to fire back at those who were about to capture them. In actuality, the British navy could easily accomplish "The Gingrich Maneuver" and perform this action on their own--maybe even get their hostages back as a result--and put the tyrannical Iranian government in a real bind with their own people.
The Iranians, who have taken this desperate measure of capturing these hostages may well be on the ropes as a result of the surge in Iraq. It seems to be working, but America is TOO impatient.
Those in government who back the soldiers and would allow them to do something about the Iranians (as efficiently as Gingrich suggested) and clean up things in Iraq have their hands tied now. Those of you who voted for Democrats last Fall because of "corrupt" or "inept" Republican policies have begotten a monster. And the monster is the Democrat majority. My only hope is that two years will be enough for the American people. We can only hope. -Cal Samuel August