Just do it then.....give them “Shock and Awe”
Iran Put On Notice That It Risks Military Response From US For Proxy War In Iraq
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Evidence must be mounting that Iranians are involved with the Madhi Army in a proxy war within Iraq because the tension is ratcheting up with no one backing down. The US, clearly fed up with Iranian weapons and trained fighters attacking American and Iraqi forces, apparently has put Tehran on notice of that a military response is in the works - a notice Tehran will probably not heed:
America’s top military officer has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by issuing an unusual public warning that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action”.
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, blamed the Iranian government and Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard for its “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq. He said conflict with Iran would be “extremely stressing” for America’s overstretched forces, but added: “It would be a mistake to think that we are out of combat capability.”
Mullen said he was increasingly concerned about Iran’s growing involvement in supplying munitions and training to rebel Shi’ite militias and “killing American and coalition soldiers in Iraq”.
I have made this point before, but it bears repeating. Iran can be bombed into oblivion and there is no need for our forces to occupy Iran or fund any rebuilding for their acts of war on the US and our ally Iraq. Iraq needed to be rebuilt because it was our decision to liberate it from Saddam Hussein. But self defense is a different matter than preemptive attacks. Iran has declared war on the US before, and now it has been caught red handed shipping weapons hot off the production line into Iraq in about the same time that we can ship new weapons from the US to Iraq. These are not smuggled weapons - they are being shipped as rapidly as possible.
As I suspected there is more evidence coming to the fore as US and Iraq forces roll up the Mahdi thugs. It seems Iraq has papers and maybe even some Iranians themselves as evidence of the Persian proxy war on its Arab neighbor:
Iraqi army spokesman Major General Qasim Atta told a news conference in Baghdad that 712 rockets and mortars had been fired in Baghdad in recent weeks, and claimed most of them were Iranian-made.
“We have found many Iranian-made weapons — Katyusha and Grad rockets, and smart roadside bombs and smart bombs. We have also seized some documents and identified some people,” Atta said, without elaborating.
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US military spokesman Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll said there was little doubt that most of those firing rockets in Sadr City had been trained in Iran.
“Anyone carrying a weapon that is provided (by Iran) or… is using (weapons) which are Iranian-based tend to be those who are trained in Iran on those weapons,” he told AFP.
“We know they are Special Groups when they run out to launch their rockets and mortars,” Driscoll said, adding that these groups generally comprise members of the Mahdi Army militia of hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who are ignoring his orders to lay down their arms.
“The Iranians continue to train Iraqis and finance their networks and over time that is going to build,” Driscoll told reporters.
More here on Iranian weapons in Iraq. If we respond militarily with Iran (and I think it is only a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’) the evidence we have will come out in droves, and may be doing so right now. Iran and Sadr are ignoring all the peaceful exit ramps being offered - which tells me they want confrontation.
If it appears McCain will be defeated in November and if Iran continues to seek ways to create mayhem in Iraq, then .....
“Don’t keep doing what you’re doing, or we just might think about actually getting mad at you! You’re asking for it, I tell ya!”
He would not have said this publicly without prior approval. Something is happening behind the scenes and may come to fruition before the election.
The "war of words" is taking on a different tone...
I'm sick and tired of Iraq undermining our efforts...with their daily calls that they're going to destroy the U.S. and Israel. I could care less about the politically correct world they hide behind...we need to show them we mean business when it coems to saving our troops lives.OMG, a warning. They must be shaking in Teheran.
***America’s top military officer has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by issuing an unusual public warning that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action”. ***
If you are going to shoot, SHOOT! Don’t talk!-—Tuco Benito Pacifico Juan Maria Ramerez..AKA the Rat.
thanks Ernest. And, yes, g’night all. I plan to stay off here the rest of today (it’s already Monday here), we’ll see how that goes.
Clear Iranian role in Baghdad violence: military
AFP | April 27, 2008 12 hours ago | AFP
Posted on 04/27/2008 9:37:25 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007882/posts
I think the cure for Iranophobia is smart bombs. Thanks again, E.
Iran says U.S. shows “Iranophobia” over Iraq
Reuters | 20 Apr 2008 | Edmund Blair
Posted on 04/22/2008 8:40:01 AM PDT by forkinsocket
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005238/posts
blah, blah, blah, Iran, blah blah blah blah.
Enough talk. Nuke the terrorist savages and be done with it.
Do we have a few of these left flying around anywhere?
Quit talking about it and do it.
bump
This story is moving on down the food chain.
However, the kidnap victims being in Iran, if substantiated, could be sufficient reason.
They are known by history as the Guns of August.
General Petreaus will have it all together in 90 days. The Guns of August will be ready.