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2006-05-16 Iraq

Iranian Weapons for New Batch of Iraqi Shiite Terrorists

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-16 10:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Debka, more often than not, contains at least a grain of truth. The fact that there have been 3 combat helicopters shot down in one month leads me to believe that there is more than a grain of truth. One of the US choppers was apparently supporting TF 145. That Kiowa crew were not rookies, and the chopper had the latest jamming and EW gear.

Now there is evidence from a weapons cache that oxygen tanks were found...further substantiating Debka claims.

I have no idea what the administration is thinking. One of the key failures of the Johnson execution of the Vietnam War were the sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos, and the safe zones around munitions plants in Hanoi, and the port of Haiphong. I fully realize that there was fear that bombing in these areas could drag the PRC, or even the USSR into the conflict.

However, the bottom line is that by making that decision the Johnson administration doomed 1000s of US soldiers, airmen and marines for no reason. That decision contributed to the malaise in the US forces and the American public...and ultimately doomed the US effort in SE Asia.

There is a loose parallel in the Iran. If we are willing to put up with Iran providing safehaven to terrorists killing US and British troops, providing hi-tech anit-aircraft missles, and enhanced IEDs that will affect our ability to wage war in Iraq.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-05-16 12:53|| 2006-05-16 12:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I say send the weapons back to Iran. The M² are not as secure a they appear. The grip the M² have on Iran is tight but the control is very brittle and requires lots of force, money and repression.

Make the M² pay for their continous acts of war. Drag them into the UNSC over them. Air their dirty acts in the light were everyone even the thickest and ignorant can see them. Prove that any act we carry out is rightous,justified and legal.Get on with it.

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-16 13:42|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-16 13:42|| Front Page Top

#3 A major weak point of Iran is that they only have two or three brigades of loyal Revolutionary Guards. The rest are conscripts who are "unreliable".

For this reason, they are always shuttling those loyal brigades around the country as enforcers. This is why two different airplane crashes both took out a substantial number of RGs.

Therefore, a reasonable alternative would be to increase this attrition rate among their most loyal personnel.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-16 14:12|| 2006-05-16 14:12|| Front Page Top

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