If this report is right the New Year may be bright, providing
1. Bush isn't sending them to prolong the war but to end it
2. These troops will be allowed to fight under aggressive, ferocious rules of engagement.
3. The new firepower is used to kill, oh, say, 100,000 mideast Muslimaniacs, give or take.
DEBKAfile’s military sources: The USS Stennis carrier with thousands of troops and 80 warplanes aboard is heading for Persian Gulf
January 21, 2007, 1:27 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saturday, Jan 20, the ship picked up 2,500 troops at San Diego. The Stennis Strike Group has still to collect two ships at Hawaii before heading east with a complement of 6,500 US soldiers.http://www.debka.com