Posted on 06/22/2007 7:58:06 PM PDT by Flavius
BAGHDAD, June 22 (UPI) -- Iran has responded to the U.S. surge in Iraq with its own surge, the commander of the multinational force said Friday.
Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno told journalists increased Iranian backing for Iraqi militants apparently started in March, CNN reported.
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They will be kissing their stinky one sheet wiped but holes, goodbye. Believe it or not, compared to the Iraq/Iran war, the Iranians have been rather restrained. They can deploy a couple hundred thousand suicide bombers anytime they want. No doubt they are scared, but they keep slowly escalating the situation in Baghdad and around Jerusalem. The draw of the Mahdi and the Spice are mighty intoxicating.
Perhaps that is it. Iran is not really frightened of the west, but they do not want to waken the west too early. An invasion of Iraq/Israel similar to the Invasion of Poland would certainly waken the west.
Yes, I thought for a moment that I had accidentally stumbled onto DU.
...and suicidal fanatics assembling nuclear weapons.
When in doubt, take em out.
The bureaucrats in the Pentagon are clearly not wise enough to understand that a basic rule of war is never to fight under your enemy’s terms or on your foe’s turf.
As long as we provide targets for the Muslims they will come to the Iraq battlefield to snipe and ambush American troops. Muslims in other nations can also get in their licks and then melt back into the indigenous population.
instead of getting down in the sand and wrestling with each individual Muslim, we should stand back and zap the entire country with our air and naval power. When all is quiet, we should occupy and secure the oilfields and get out.
BTW Americans have no moral obligation to rebuild countries and help people who have sworn to kill us.
I wonder what part of that our experts don’t understand?
all of it
look at curent “leadership” across the isle... it explains all
We will win only if we commit to using every tool at our disposal from day one of any future conflict. Those who would wish us ill, and are willing to try to make it happen, need to fear us and the treatment they will receive at the first sign of aggression. The world needs to know that we don’t put much stock in diplomacy. That awareness alone would make our diplomacy much more effective.
As I watched that terrible day unfold you could NEVER have convinced me that in a few short years there would be those in positions of responsibility that would forget the lesson!
Notice that the times our country made the biggest strides in winning peace was when the rest of the world thought our leader was crazy or at least unpredictable.
It would be great if America could be loved for all the wonderful things we do, and have always done, for this world. Failing in that I will be happy with respected, but if all else fails I want them to fear us!
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