IT'S ON TO IRAN , BOYS

[HowHasItComeToThis]

Source: CAPITOL HILL BLUE

HERE IT BEGINS.

ritish fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes

By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:53am BST 05/04/2008

British officials gave warning yesterday that America's commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government.

A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran's intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment. In closely watched testimony in Washington next week, Gen Petraeus will state that the Iranian threat has risen as Tehran has supplied and directed attacks by militia fighters against the Iraqi state and its US allies.

The outbreak of Iraq's worst violence in 18 months last week with fighting in Basra and the daily bombardment of the Green Zone diplomatic enclave, demonstrated that although the Sunni Muslim insurgency is dramatically diminished, Shia forces remain in a strong position to destabilise the country.

"Petraeus is going to go very hard on Iran as the source of attacks on the American effort in Iraq," a British official said. "Iran is waging a war in Iraq. The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong, there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said.

"Petraeus has put emphasis on America having to fight the battle on behalf of Iraq. In his report he can frame it in terms of our soldiers killed and diplomats dead in attacks on the Green Zone."

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Sure is, he's saying they 'know' all those rockets into the GZ came from Iran.

[spanone]

7. most of the world lobs 'our' rockets at each other....so

[KansDem]

2. I can hardly wait to see what "evidence" they have to justify this...

Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government.

I'm certainly not going to believe anything these liars say.

But then, they really didn't need "evidence" when His Royal Flatulence invaded Iraq, did they?

[Debau2005]

3. Aren't we already

fighting on 2 fronts? Or does Afghanistan not count?

"The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong, there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said."

[Fleshdancer]

6. the way we now ignore Afghanistan is disgusting

I think most people would have forgotten completely if the news about Prince Harry being there didn't get leaked. :(

[acmavm]

4. What friggin' dead diplomats? How many soldiers were killed in

the Green Zone? What's the deal here? I didn't hear about any CASUALTIES in these strikes on the fabled Green Zone (is that like the Emerald City??)

edit: I FOUND ONE!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3259897

[damntexdem]

5. Meanwhile, the U.S.-backed puppets in Iraq have loosened their strings enough to cozy up to Iran.

They know that only Iranian support might help them stay in power -- that U.S. support will not suffice for that. They attacked the Mahdi Army, and then they ran off to Iran for help in stopping the fighting when they got their asses stomped by the Mahdi Army. Sure, they called for U.S. air support; but they went to Iran for the help they really needed.

Consider this: would Sadr even SAY that he is considering disbanding the Mahdi Army if he weren't being pressured by Iran? In a faceoff with Maliki, Sadr wins; even with Maliki plus U.S. support, Sadr can maintain a stalemate. The only reason he could have to worry about Maliki's threatened changes to electoral law would be pressure from Iran to cool it.