This is total BS. If you follow it closely there has been no sustained significant increase of violence in months. Every time a couple of bombs go off in the same week anti-American fanatics like yourself start celebrating hoping that everything falls apart and then Iraq is quickly forgotten about again.

The correct statement will be that he will BLAME IT ALL ON BUSH. Now that’s a fact.

Is Bush still the president or what? sarc off

Why would you assume this bombing is related to Iran? Nothing in the article you cited or anything else I’ve read has even suggested a tie between the uprising in Iran and bombings in Iraq. Violence and bombing attacks have been steadily increasing as we near the date for our troops to pull out of the cities – the article you cited even mentions this fact. That seems to be the obvious explanation. Why would Iran bomb a predominately Shia area of Iraq? And don’t you think that the Iranian leadership has enough to worry about domestically that they don’t likely have time to plan elaborate bombings in Iraq? It makes no sense.

Sadly, the increasing violence in Iraq is likely an indication of what many in this country have known for a long time (and I have repeatedly stated on your blog) – the Surge did not produce long-term stability in Iraq because there still has been no political or economic reconciliation. I fear that the security gains will only last as long as the US military is in charge of security. The potential for violence will only increase as we pull out of Iraq. Hopefully the Iraqi government and military is strong enough to withstand this next phase.

And as the situation deteriorates, the country gets to watch all of those GOPers and conservatives that declared Iraq a success long ago try and blame it all on Obama who is simply implementing the security agreement Bush signed with Iraq shortly before he left office.