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JM Hanes on April 9, 2008 at 1:16 PM

Absolutely. Make the sectarianism/tribalism work to the West’s benefit for a change.

Are we waiting for a major consensus before we bomb these turds into outer space? It will not happen. Leadership needs to take to reigns and get this done. All terror roads lead to Iran. We keep running the same program and getting the same results.

Bomb, bomb, bomb…bomb, bomb Iran.

Sunni…Shiite terrorists…..let Mohamed sort them out in paradise.

Hening on April 9, 2008 at 11:31 AM

You may be right but you have your work cut out for you if you want to convince the Bush administration as they seem to have other ideas.

***April 8, 2008 -

In an exclusive interview with “Nightline’s” Terry Moran, the American Ambassador to Iraq said he was concerned about Iranian influence in Iraq.

When asked if Americans were in a “proxy war” with Iran, Ryan Crocker said, “It may be that the Iranians see it in that light, we certainly do not.”
But he also added that “we don’t want to have just what you describe as a proxy war with Iran inside Iraq, and that is why we are willing to sit down with Iran face to face for talks on Iraqi security at the invitation of the Iraqi government. We’ve had three rounds of those talks and we’ve told them we are ready to again.”

The Left has been spouting this “Persian/Arab rift” and “Sunni/Shi’ite rift” canard ever since their 1960s leftovers college professors indoctrinated them with it.

Del Dolemonte on April 9, 2008 at 10:24 AM

I guess those 1960s leftovers college professors must have indoctrinated Robert Spencer and Hugh Fitzgerald at JihadWatch too as they also seem to be into that rift canard.

Despite six years of promises, U.S. officials say Saudi Arabia continues to look the other way at wealthy individuals identified as sending millions of dollars to al Qaeda.

“If I could somehow snap my fingers and cut off the funding from one country, it would be Saudi Arabia,” Stuart Levey, the under secretary of the Treasury in charge of tracking terror financing, told ABC News.
- Brian Ross (September 11, 2007)***

While the idea that Sunni & Shiite won’t cooperate on terrorism is an intellectual bubble that should have burst long ago, I wouldn’t necessarily take Hamas Iraq’s accusations at face value either. Every militant group needs a Great Satan; what’s really interesting here is that Iraqi eyes are apparently turning toward Iran in that regard.

Unfortunately, the idea that the Shia in Iraq are all Persian proxies is another remarkably resilient bubble — the fact that Iraq could become a pivotal ally with a long reach inside Iran has apparently never occurred to the Dems on the Hill. Indeed, I can’t think of anything that could more effectively alter the current international stalemate on Iran than reversing that particular flow, can you?

‘The U.S. is our main enemy, but a more dangerous enemy is Iran. The U.S. wants [our] oil, and possibly it wants to establish military bases [on our soil], or to remain [in Iraq] for many years to come – while Iran wants to rule, [and] to eradicate and change [our] beliefs and ideas, [and] aspires to alter the demography of the Sunni regions, particularly Baghdad.’

That these pronouncements from a Hamas spokesperson in Iraq doesn’t get more play is exhibit 1A as to why our mainstream media is bias, pathetic and rightfully dying.

Bomb, bomb, bomb…bomb, bomb Iran.

Sunni…Shiite terrorists…..let Mohamed sort them out in paradise.

Problem is that WE missed a big opportunity when the Media and left got all over McCain. We spun it as a slip of the tongue, and did NOT use it as an opportunity to set the record straight.

Ed Morrissey on Iran’s intentions:
This will come as a shock to those who keep believing that Shi’ites and Sunnis cannot cooperate in terrorist activities. Of course, the intelligence and military communities already know that Iran funds AQI a…

Petraeus is back on Capital Hill today, testifying in front of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. This time around has been quite a bit quieter than the last, though there are still plenty of nutter butters to go around.
General B…

While I think there is some uneasy workings between AQI and Iran, the crux is Iran despises and hates Al Qaeda much, much more than they dislike us.

I’m sure there are some elements within Iran that have some contacts, but overall due to the Persian/Arab rift as well as the Sunni -> Shi’ite hardline ones, I’d take the Hamas information with a grain of salt.

Iran and AQI might cross paths occasionally, but have no doubt Iran would obliterate AQI quicker than they would any entity on the planet, including the Israelis.

crscott on April 9, 2008 at 9:02 AM

The Left has been spouting this “Persian/Arab rift” and “Sunni/Shi’ite rift” canard ever since their 1960s leftovers college professors indoctrinated them with it.

It’s this type of “thinking” that has screwed us. No matter what part of the world you’re in, or what Middle Eastern religion you believe in, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.

What was it the 9/11 Commission said? That in fighting terrorism we had a “lack of imagination”. That’s what’s being perpetuated by the Left and their refusal to consider the possibility that groups that have hated each other in the past can possibly work together now. By clinging to this fallacy, they doom us all.

Just like the WMD thing. We’ve flown planeloads upon planeloads of stuff out of Iraq that would make you wet your pants…but Bush keeps it classified.

funky chicken on April 9, 2008 at 9:55 AM

I agree with your general rant but if it is classified, why is it on HA?

Just like the WMD thing. We’ve flown planeloads upon planeloads of stuff out of Iraq that would make you wet your pants…but Bush keeps it classified.

The military has known for a long time that AQI is getting training and help from Iran.

Before you wet yourself again, or call people with military knowledge “right wing troofers” or senile or whatever, you might want to educate yourself a bit. Otherwise you just look really stupid in addition to way overanxious to play gotcha on the GOP nominee.

I thought McCain was supposed to be the one who got a stiffie from abusing fellow republicans? Isn’t that something you say you dislike about him?

15%? It sounds like they’re ’stuck in a quaaaaqmire!’ I wonder what ‘grim milestone’ they’ve reached? I bet they have Senators who say ‘we can’t win’.

Because we really do need to be reminded occasionally. Maybe Jimmeh is hoping that a Democratic administration will empower him to relive his earlier victories as an effective elder statesman, now that his military leadership is no longer in effect.

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What? Iran, helping terrorists? Can’t be! They’re such peace-loving people, those mullahs. It must be something WE did to make them angry, quick, somebody call The Obamatron 2008 and send him over there to talk to them about this!

Can’t be. I read right here on HA just yesterday that any claim Iran supports AQI is a gaff.

TheBigOldDog on April 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM

heh

Iran is holding Ossama Bin Laden’s son and other close relatives and many of Al-Qaeda operatives hostages, not in the litteral sense of the word, but under surveillance.

That’s why Al-Qaeda will never attack Iran.

In fact, Iran is afraid of Al-Qaeda, that’s why it will never let these people go and would help Al-Qaeda in Gaza and elsewhere, to show good will.

On the other hand, Iran has interest in stirring things in the region. The messier, the better for the stability of the Iranian Regime.