[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks...John Batchelor had Gen Vally on his KFI show this afternoon and the General was talking about how Gen Patraeus has his hands tied by Washington in really doing all things that would make sense to stop the flow of weapons....

No actions outside the boundary of Iraq. And the "Civil War " is really a battle with Iranian armed and directed Quods forces within Iraq....

[BIGLOOK]

No actions outside the boundary of Iraq. And the "Civil War " is really a battle with Iranian armed and directed Quods forces within Iraq....

Iraq's border security is as porous as ours. As I look at Basra's proximity to Iran and the sea. it's little wonder that the flow of arms and insurgents is so great and their escape routes so convenient. Iran's sovereignty is a line in the sand and so's the insurgents' protection.

Is this a war or a kid's game......

[Marine_Uncle]

I may be proven to be totally wrong, and we must adhere to some element of SECOPS. But I believe we do not have adequate air and ground resources to patrol the large border between Iran and Iraq to a degree that might be deemed sufficient to intercept all incoming Iranian weapons.
I wonder how many navigable roads that are not even shown on maps and certainly are not in the range of the immediate Iraqi and Coalition border patrols on this side of their border act as conduits for smuggling things across the border.