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2008-04-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Pappy 2008-04-15 09:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I would love it if it were true. More than likely, US supplied weapons for the military and police for the Kurds is ending up in Iran. I would love it if we were waging a covert proxy war against Iran like they are doing to us. Payback is a bitch, ain't it Allie-Ahole?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-15 09:43|| 2008-04-15 09:43|| Front Page Top

#2 what would be cool is if some iranian style IEBs were used in the SW of Iran against the mullah forces

or even if it were just reported

Posted by mhw 2008-04-15 09:55|| 2008-04-15 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 U.S. Aiding Iran's Rebels: If we aren't, we should be

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-15 09:59|| 2008-04-15 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran's borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials

The LA Times deftly blames the victim.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-04-15 10:05|| 2008-04-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 "It will give more encouragement to Iran's hard-liners to step up their own efforts to assist anti-American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst now at the Brookings Institutio

Dude, you've gotten a little behind in your reading. Suggestion: start with the folder marked Iran - 1979

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-15 10:22|| 2008-04-15 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 We have trained a hundred thousand Iraqi infintry. Now it's time to train Iraqi artillary.

Posted by wxjames 2008-04-15 11:40|| 2008-04-15 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Is that 'train' as in "provide education," or 'train' as in "aligning the bidness end of the gun so it hits something that 'spodes?"

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-15 15:20|| 2008-04-15 15:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes.

Posted by wxjames 2008-04-15 15:34|| 2008-04-15 15:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Good! I sure hope we've been sending some of the same stuff they've been sending us back their way.

Posted by Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-15 17:41|| 2008-04-15 17:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Good, if true. Sauce for the goose.

Posted by Chief Running Gag">Chief Running Gag 2008-04-15 17:47|| 2008-04-15 17:47|| Front Page Top

#11 How do dey like dat proxy war bullchit?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-15 18:55|| 2008-04-15 18:55|| Front Page Top

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