He also says “suicide bombers are streaming across Iraq’s border from Syria and making their way into the country’s volatile western Anbar province.” Story here. (As noted, this follows a meeting between U.S. and Iranian envoys at the international conference in Baghdad last weekend, which meeting seemed to accomplish nothing but an exchange of blame.)
Are these allegations true?
If so, what can/should be done about it?
Is it the wolf crying again?
Ya never know with bushco.
The correct response being…
“Yes, and?”
Any government on the planet would do the same, and anyone who denies it is fooling themselves.
-Joe
Meaning, we should not judge the Iranians too harshly on this point? Arguable but irrelevant. The question is, what can or should we do to stop them?
Who knows? I just wish Petraeus would concentrate on military operations in Iraq and stay out of the propaganda campaign.
Start off by engaging Iran in trying to stabilize Iraq. We have erected a Shi’ite dominated government in Iraq. We should expect Iran to take in interest in promoting their interests in a neighboring Shi’ite nation.
Our task is to get the Iraq military and police forces up to the task of establishing order and getting the Iraqi Shi’ite dominated government to provide equal treatment for all factions. The first task hasn’t been successfully accomplished in 4 years and I don’t see how the second is possible at all.
Obviously we need to invade Iran and take their oil. That’ll teach them.
Of course that’s not the answer, but who here doubts that will be the result?
Don’t know. Don’t care.
Get out of Iraq.
But is it a Slam Dunk? That’s Intel Gold!
Yes, well, the Iraq Study Group already recommended that, but the Admin . . .
Are these allegations true?
Uranium cakes in Nigeria, WOMD, Connections to Al-Qaeda, etc… These fuckers don’t know shit.
If so, what can/should be done about it?
Get out of Iraq.
BTW, am I the only one who thinks “General Petraeus” sounds like an Evil Overlord’s handle?
Or someone born a few centures too late…
In the last chapter, it’ll turn out that an unfortunate typographical error has kept us from realizing the General’s true mission.
OMFG, his name actually starts with a ‘B’! :eek:
and, choke, gasp, we’ve got almost two more years of this shit.
It does… until you find out his nickname is “Peaches.” Then it’s REALLY terrifying.
I try to ignore who is making these claims about Iran and focus on the truth of the claims, but I can’t do it. What could we do about it anyway? Start a war with Iran when we can’t take care of things in Iraq?
I suspect that the charges ARE true.
Iran has been aiding, harboring and supporting some of these groups for decades now.
Why would Iran suddenly stop now when these groups need them more and they need these groups more?
Beneral Petraeus? 
Ermm, well, yeah, that seems to be the general idea.
It is probably true. I think we should strengthen the Iraq/Iran border and engage the <insert Arab nation> to do the dirty work. I would force the <insert Arab nation>'s hand by threatening to give the task to Israel. Then I would secure the USA by strengthening the USA/Mexico and USA/Canada borders.
Get out of Iraq is good policy after that. No more welfare for the Iraqis.
Yes, but you asked what’s going to be done. Some people want to attack Iran, I’m sure, but since I don’t think that can be done, I expect very little will be done now.
That doesn’t make sense. Why would Israel provoke its neighbors by sending its soldiers to Iraq?