[dp0622]

Iran couldn’t fight its way out of a girls’ restroom.

[easternsky]

Does anyone remember the Fat Lady that laughed and laughed at Santa Cruz Boardwalk??? That was the immediate thing that came to mind when I read this.

[EinNYC]

To quote my friend James:

"Uh-HUH."

[Rembrandt]

My guess is that ISIS is primarily supported financially by Iran. Now they are playing both sides of the street.

[867V309]

This could be better than Iraq vs Iran which we screwed up by accidentally shooting down some dam plane.

I say let 'em go at it.

[BeauBo]

40 miles from the Iranian border is deep inside Iraq.

I’d guess that this is being set up as an excuse to militarily occupy part of Iraq.

I am guessing they want Diyala Province. Their surrogate militia has been consolidating power there, and driving out Sunnis in violent sectarian cleansing.

It would become an area beyond Iraqi Government control, like the Bekaa Valley was in Lebanon for Iran’s first foreign militia, Hizbollah. It would put Iranian military power just outside artillery range of Baghdad.