Is the 'surge' in Iraq going to happen?

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For sure, and there's speculation that this 30,000 will also be in preperation for dealing with Iran (which if true, would pretty much answer your "will this work" question).

Then there's activity like this:

The March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.p...articleId=3361

I've seen a bunch of predictions that the US will take action in March, with the Saudis upping production of oil to hurt Iran. Most of these scenarios involve Syria, since it's neighbors, Lebanon, and Iraq are both hanging by a shoestring, and they're sheltering both Hamas, and Hezbollah.