Comments on: Iran Closes Some Border Crossings To Iraq

Move Reportedly A Protest Of The U.S. Detention Of An Iranian Official

[hungry1968]

"Monday''s raid in Baghdad''s Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City came on the heels of accusations that Iran is smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops."


Why is it that Iran is accused of smuggling weapons into Iraq, (no proof though) and that is terrible and they are awful people?

But Blackwater IS SELLING / GIVING WEAPONS TO THE ENEMY, (and there IS PROOF), and that''s perfectly acceptable?

Not too long ago, I believe in June, the US military said it was giving weapons, ammo, and training to Sunni''s to "fight al Qaeda", and then some of our troops were killed with some of those weapons. Why is this perfectly acceptable?

Why is it acceptable that America arms the enemy to kill it''s own soldiers?!?! AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?!?!

[hungry1968]

This story is just full of America thumbing it''s nose at everyone and everything. I could put up three posts held back only by the 1500 character limits.


"In a separate incident Monday, the U.S. military says U.S. troops killed one suspected militant and detained four others said to be involved in kidnapping operations run by Iranian-backed Shiite militias during a raid in eastern Baghdad."

So first we were fighting Saddam Hussein and his supporters, then it turned into insurgents, then we were caught in the middle of a civil war with the Shiite''s and Sunni''s, but the administration hates the term civil war so that changed into al Qaeda. EVERY act of violence was blamed on al Qaeda even though al Qaeda didn''t exist in Iraq before Bush started his war. Now he''s trying to ramp up support for attacking Iran so now EVERY act of violence is now committed by "Iranian-backed Shiite militias".

What happened to the baathists insurgents and "sectarian violence" trouble makers? They just disappeared? And NOW the violence created by al Qaeda seems to be going away - replaced by "Iranian-backed Shiite militias".

Good lord!! Does anyone REALLY know who, what, or why we''re actually fighting? Where does it stop?!?!

[Ed0719]

More and more I''m thinking the "conflict" with Iran is entirely one-sided: the Bush administration making up things in order to bolster their increasingly ridiculous "war". Cheney has already admitted he nearly ordered Israel to strike Iran. Which begs several questions: since when does the Vice President order any sort of military action, since it is the President who is the Commander in Chief, not Cheney? And since when does the USA order any other country to do military strikes?

After watching the interview with Ahmadinejad, it is a sad day when a crackpot like Ahmadinejad comes across as far more believable than our own President. I just don''t believe a word that comes from our Administration, not one word.

[skyk-2009]

Well what now all you Fascist? If you can''t figure this out by now there''s little chance you will ever figure it out. These are ALL Arabs and they will NOT take your side over other Arabs. Now IF you had listened to the "liberals" who fought our OWN terrorist here in America you''d have known this!!