[DrewsMum]

ok, let me ask this question... (FReepers do not flame me, it is just a question)

Why would the U.S. be upset with Iran for reacting to an attack from the Kurds????

[kabar]

Because Iran is arming insurgents in Iraq, which are killing American troops. Iranian attacks against the Kurds in Iraq are part of this larger context.

Turkey is different because it is a NATO ally and we have military bases in Turkey. And Turkey is not aiding the insurgents in Iraq.

[drpix]

Why would the U.S. be upset with Iran for reacting to an attack from the Kurds????

Because Iranian aircraft - unlike Turkish aircraft - striking inside Iraq are a threat to all US forces in Iraq. The Iranian military - unlike the Turkish military - has been involved in attacks on the US military in Iraq.

Iran knew Bush/Cheney would view this (irrespective of who they were or were not attacking) as a grave threat to those forces and would likely respond according.

Iran knows something completely different about Obama. [And this is a fact and not a flame.]