"IRAQI TET":THE DEFINING MOMENT OF THE IRAQ WAR HAS ARRIVED - and it's Iran versus the USA

MICHAEL YON and GLENN [emphasis mine]:

Michael Yon called on his satellite phone to talk about what's going on in Iraq. I recorded it and it's up here for your listening pleasure -- nothing fancy, just a quick recording posted less than 20 minutes after it happened. Click here to listen.

A few key points:
(1) It's likely to get worse before it's better;
(2) No one seems to doubt Iranian backing for the violence;
(3) This isn't about religion, it's about money and power; and
(4) Unlike Al Qaeda in the north, this isn't so much a fight to the finish as violence as a negotiating tactic. It's not a civil war.

BUSH IS 100% CORRECT: THIS IS IRAQ'S DEFINING MOMENT.

ME: This is AN IRANIAN GAMBIT:

they want to take over the region. To do that they need us to leave with our tail between our legs. And to do that they need the Democrat in the White House, so they need help the Democrats - and a "TET OFFENSIVE" is how.

Because the US election is only six months away, all Iran has to do is keep it going for six months. hen the Democrat's will win the White House (probably with Obama) and he will retreat.

To stop that, Bush and Maliki and Petraeus need a coup de grace by convention time. That's 120 days.

Only 120 days.

I expect Petraeus and Central Command to take on Iran as directly as they can.

Stay tuned.

*******Update: The good news is - according to Yon: while Iran tries to foil us with their Shia stooges, AL QAEDA IS BEING CRUSHED elsewhere.