Iran, Allegedly
Published by BG on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 1:40 PM.U.S.: Iran is arming Taliban - Focus on Afghanistan - MSNBC.com
A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan
Here we go again. A couple paragraphs later:
In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, U.S. Army Gen. Dan McNeill said Taliban fighters are showing signs of better training, using combat techniques comparable to "an advanced Western military" in ambushes of U.S. Special Forces soldiers.
Of course, this guy didn't come out and make a connection with Iran. Just that the Taliban is getting more dangerous. Of course, if you need some validation in life, turn to your lapdog:
"In Afghanistan it is clear that the Taliban is receiving support, including arms from ... elements of the Iranian regime," British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in the May 31 edition of the Economist.
At bare minimum, some element of disbelief enters the picture at the very end of the article:
Iran, which is also in a dispute with the West over its nuclear program, denies the Taliban accusation, calling it part of a broad anti-Iranian campaign. Tehran says it makes no sense that a Shiite-led government like itself would help the fundamentalist Sunni movement of the Taliban.
Fantastic. No proof, just allegations. That's good enough for this President and even good enough for Joe Lieberman, who's now demanding war with Iran. Is there any reason at all to trust this administration? Go read how we were talking about Iraq then, compared to how we're talking about Iran in recent months, and tell me this morally void neocon agenda isn't overextending our military and putting us in another deeply wrong morass by attempting to engage Iran.
This chickenshit Congress has got to stop this chickenhawk President before it's too late.
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