EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia

ABC News ^ | November 30 2006 | JONATHAN KARL AND MARTIN CLANCY

[kabar]

Actually they did or they would not have called in a warning before they bombed British Military Headquarters in one wing of the KD Hotel.

There are differing opinions as to when and how the calls were placed. Innocent people died.

Being moral should not mean being suicidal. Losing to barbarism is immoral

On that we agree, and that was my point. War is about winning.

[Prokopton]

"The Iranians/Persians are the most cowardly warriors that "I have ever heard of.
Instead of fighting honorably, they hide behind terrorists, women, children, etc."

This is war. They know it and act like it, we don't. They use the most effective means available to them, regardless of what others think, we don't. That's why groups of pathetically armed madmen have the greatest military power in the world tied down without sight of victory.

[Nancee]

"We've got to go on a media blits before the Air Force blitz..."

INDEED!!!

And this time, immediately following the media blitz, I hope to see some serious "SHOCK & AWE"!!

Nancee

[LikeLight]

...the US has been able to realize the ultimate intent of our multitheater strategy--the confrontation of Iranian (and Russian) regional power that has taunted us for almost 30 years...

That's classic Rumsfeld. But without him, can we see it through? Does anyone left in our government grasp the situation?

[Antoninus]

Bah, bah, baaah, bomb, bomb Iran...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There is a book (now available in paperback ):

***********************

Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left
(Hardcover)
by David Horowitz

********************************************************

And reviews:

****************************************

Editorial Reviews

Rich Lowry, Editor National Review

David Horowitz is synonymous with pyrotechnics. A historian and polemicist of the first order, he is paid the ultimate compliment --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Davis Hanson, Author, Ripples of Battle

An original look at those who want us to fail in the Middle East, both at home and abroad. The --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

***********************************************************

See all Editorial Reviews

Fascinating Analysis of Leftist Goals, August 13, 2006

Reviewer: N. Sincerity - See all my reviews

A former 1960s radical, Horowitz is well-acquainted with the Leftist mindset. In this book, he strives to explain the modern alliance between left wing progressivists and radical Islamofascists. He argues that this alliance is based on a common desire to destroy Western capitalism. Leftist sympathy with Islamofascist ideas makes no sense from an intellectual point of view, given that countries ruled by radical Islamists are among the most racist, sexist, theocratic states in the world today. However, Leftists have recognized that they can benefit politically from destructive terrorist attacks on the Western world. A West under attack can be made to turn on its leaders in fear and desperation (as they did in Spain after the Madrid train bombings). Only once people reject current government structures can the Left execute its anti-capitalist revolution and build a new reality that mirrors the Leftist view of utopia. The complete and utter idealogical hypocrisy of the Islamofascist-Leftist alliance is distressing, but as Horowitz reminds us, Leftists radicals truly believe the ends justify the means.

***************************************

[Liberty Tree Surgeon]

So, all who've been killed by Iranian weapons to date were freebies?

[Muzzle_em]

I too believe that Al Q would have rid Iraq of Saddam if the U.S. had not. Interesting how those freaking "sheet heads" constantly change alliances. I'm SURE he was considered an infidel by AQ. He was their useful idiot in helping them and supplying them. They would have gladly beheaded him when they were finished with him. Are AQ Sunni or Shite?
Who gives a "shite?" They are all freaking nuts.

[cyberdasher]

dunno, unfortunately. But wouldn't matter because, according to various influential nitwits, our strategies are determined and executed by powerful corporate interest and backroom power brokers. /haha

I trust the generals and the armed forces who, for all intents and purposes, are the only ones standing against radicalized Islamism in the streets.

[Eagle of Liberty]

So, all who've been killed by Iranian weapons to date were freebies?

Nice try at mixing up the meaning of my words.

[Prokopton]

"I trust the generals and the armed forces who, for all intents and purposes, are the only ones standing against radicalized Islamism in the streets."

Don't you think that if the military leaders were told to clean up Iraq, or Iran for that matter, they couldn't do it? The only reason it hasn't happened is that's not what they've been told to do. There can be arguments about why the have not been unleashed to win this war, but there can be no doubt that they are being restrained.

[Azzurri]

I am so dumbfounded by our reactions (or lack of) to this war. This is just like all the history books describe the fall of all great historical empires. The little barbarians poke and poke and poke at the big bully, who shows great restraint, until he is finally no longer able to cope and tumbles over. We can still stop this travesty from occurring, but I doubt we have the stomach to do what needs to be done and thus we are going to end up on the trash heap of history. President Bush needs to act NOW.

[Gritty]

[Liberty Tree Surgeon]

Didn't mix up a thing. My intent is to convey the notion that the line in the sand you describe was crossed over a year ago - any retaliation should have occurred already. And if retaliation is forthcoming, there remains no conditional impediment, so the Administration should proceed immediately.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Wow! That's a shocker! Wait a minute! Haven't we all been saying this for the past two years????? Doh!

[pieceofthepuzzle]

You are absolutely right. After 9/11 Bush didn't have the political/diplomatic justification for going into Iran that we did for Iraq (e.g. UN resolutions etc.), but I do believe that he and his advisers understood that central contribution of Iran to the Middle East equation. What they didn't predict was how short the pledged bipartisanship would last, and how short peoples memories were for 9/11. Those factors have prevented a more aggressive approach toward Iran to date.

Incidentally, when the left started complaining about the Bush administration using the memory of 9/11 for political purposes, he should have hammered them with the facts. We should have been seeing images from that attack incessantly since then. That we haven't is the result of bending to the left, and now they control congress. Not a smart move.

[threeleftsmakearight]

Al Qaeda are mainly Sunni, just like the Baathists.
And Al AQaeda and Saddam were not enemies. As far back as 1998, bin Laden and al Zawihiri were saying that U.S. attacks on Iraq were part of the reason they declared jihad on us. Also, see Khobar Towers attack. Khobar housed the pilots doing the bombing raids over Iraq. Don't believe the lefty/MSM myth that Saddam and bin Laden hated each other.
Read the Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (no neo-con is he0, you'l get all the history about al Qaeda you need.

[Stayfree]

You mean the Jimmy Carter who can't see things very clearly????

[toddlintown]

Wait! Aren't we supposed to be talking to that Ringo Starr lookalike? /s

[XR7]

I'm gonna re-write the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann."

They already did.
Just click on the pic in my post above!