[moderatewolverine]

With so much proof of outside involvement (read, Iran), I'm wondering where the mainstream media and American population are in all of this. They're too busy booing our president at a baseball game to pay attention to the fact that Iran is in a war with us.

[Slapshot68]

All one needs to do is see what happened anytime Israel tried a ceasefire or truce with these Muslim animals.

al-Sadr should’ve been taken out a long time ago.

[Thrownatbirth]

From the OIF videos I’ve seen of the Basra fighting, the Iraqi Security Forces are not hurting for overwhelming firepower.

[Cicero]

They're too busy booing our president at a baseball game to pay attention to the fact that Iran is in a war with us.

You can't entirely blame them when the administration has clearly ordered the military leadership in Iraq NOT to accuse Iran. They always always add some sort of weasel words that it can't be "proved" that the Iranian government is responsible. Maybe it's rogue factions. Maybe it's loose canon terrorists. Maybe it's . . . anything but the Iranian government.

They wouldn't be saying that if the Commander in Chief hadn't ordered them to.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm wondering where the mainstream media and American population are in all of this.

What I've observed over the past few months:

December 2007: Things are calm in Iraq. Nothing to report. US voters don't care. It's not a factor in the Nov election.
January 2008: Things are calm in Iraq. Nothing to report. US voters don't care. It's not a factor in the Nov election.
February 2008: Things are calm in Iraq. Nothing to report. US voters don't care. It's not a factor in the Nov election.
March 2008: There's fighting in Iraq. This is big! This is huge! This is going to be a major factor in the Nov election! Film at 11!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related thread:

Iranian general played key role in brokering Iraq cease-fire

[uncbob]

hey're too busy booing our president at a baseball game to pay attention to the fact that Iran is in a war with us.

Maybe that is because Bush doesn't realize we are in a war with Iran

[Tallguy]

When it comes to intramural warfare it’s an Arab tradition to ‘do a deal’ rather than settle things. Don’t be surprised if Maliki tip toes right up to the point of total victory in Basra only to back-off at the last minute. He is Shia, after all, and one would presume that he wouldn’t want to weaken that base to the point where his Sunni rivals could kick him out in a Coup.

[AmericaUnite]

This is a great article explaining the tribal culture in the area and showing Iran's infiltration.

(Frontpage Mag had it yesterday. My server wouldn't get on FreeRepublic until the afternoon.)