Oh how I enjoy the Huffington Post. It's completely filled to the brim with idiotic people who don't want to do even the most elementary research before they go spouting off about their cause du jour or hopping on the next bandwagon.
Case in point, this funny little article.
But details have emerged from the recent escalation that strongly indicate what many have long suspected: the Bush administration's fundamental conflict with Iran is not about its nuclear program or alleged weapons smuggling -- so far unproven -- into Iraq.
So far unproven? What kind of rock has this idiot been hiding under? What about the IED's? What about the weapons? What about the captured insurgents saying they trained in Iran? What about the sniper rifles that were ordered by the Iranian government and then sent into the hands of insurgents?
Unproven? Yeah, maybe if you're an idiot or are completely blind to the evidence at hand.
Here is something very simple Congress could do to indicate that they are serious about preventing the Bush Administration from provoking a war with Iran. They could mandate that U.S. forces in Iraq cannot arrest Iranian government officials who can prove that they are in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government, unless they have explicit authorization from the "sovereign" Iraqi government to do so.
The problem with that line of thinking is that we never could have arrested the Iranian diplomats who were actively helping the insurgency kill US troops. When you tie the hands of people who are trying to do their job, it only hampers their ability to do that job.
What this moron is asking US troops to do is ludicrous. They have every right to arrest and detain anyone they think may be committing a crime or working against US interests. These people were arrested and then released.
So you're telling me that US soldiers are supposed to believe a hotel manager over their own gut feeling? If this idiot had his way, even if there was evidence of wrong doing, they couldn't arrest them.
This is the same kind of defeatism that liberals keep pushing for on and on again. Tie the hands of those who are trying to do their job, then complain when they can't do their job to the best of their ability. Ignore overwhelming evidence that Iranians are actively fighting a proxy war with US troops in Iraq while complaining when US soldiers arrest someone for a reason they thought was justified. There are Iranian agents in Iraq right now with and without the permission of the Iraqi government. That doesn't mean that they get free reign of the country and aren't above suspicion.
Maybe if Iran wasn't supporting the insurgency, they wouldn't be getting treated this way.
Personally, if we find out where a bomb factory is or a training facility, I think we should bomb it to rubble, even if it's on the Iranian side of the border. No one is allowed to take pot shots at our guys and get away with it.
Travis
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