Author and Historian, Webster Tarpley, discusses the ramifications of Bush’s speech to the nation on U.S. policy in the Middle East, new political appointments, military maneuvers, and the crisis in Iraq. Tarpley compares today’s crisis in Iraq, particularly the city of Baghdad, with historic battles, most specifically with the German siege of Stanlingrad in WWII, and examines possible looming disasters if the U.S. does not give up on its imperialist Iraq adventure.