Monday, September 10, 2007
U.S. to build base near Iran? - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
Well it's about time we started getting serious about the threat from Iran.
The Pentagon is preparing to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to try to curtail the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in its online edition.
Quoting Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, the commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, the Journal said the Pentagon also plans to build fortified checkpoints on major highways leading from the Iranian border to Baghdad, and install X-ray machines and explosives-detecting sensors at the only formal border crossing between the two countries.
The base will be located about four miles from the Iranian border and will be used for at least two years, according to the report. U.S. officials told the paper it is unclear whether it will be among the small number of facilities that would remain in Iraq after any future large-scale U.S. withdrawal.
Once we start showing the Iranian's that we're not messing around and that any support of the insurgency will result in swift and severe reprisals, they'll start acting a lot more friendly then they are now. Let's face it, the Iranian government is full of cowards and the only reason why they are supporting the insurgency and taking pot shots at our guys is simply because they know they can get away with it. Show them they can't, and it stops. It'll also have the added benefit of dealing with their nuclear program.
Travis
Would you not help your neighbour when the town thug came over to kill his family and steal all the jewelry?
Me (White, UK, Atheist)
: September 11, 2007 9:28 AM Illegal? Not even close. We went through the UN and the UN resolution 1441 allowed the use of military force. On January 30, 2003 Blix said that Iraq had not fully accepted its obligation to disarm.
So if we're "killing the family and stealing the jewelry" then why aren't we rich beyond our wildest dreams? The simple fact is that people are jumping on the "the Iraq war is illegal and all about oil!"
They did the same thing during the first Gulf War. If that was the case, why didn't we simple KEEP the oil when we were there?
So you admit that Iran is indeed supporting the insurgency?
I don't think my neighbor would want my help if after I killed the thug I moved all my stuff into his house and took over.
Travis
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