Why are we letting Iran shell Iraq?

Posted By Uncle Jimbo

Can someone explain to me why we would allow the Iranians to fire artillery into Iraq for any reason at all?

Bueller? Anyone? They are shelling villages they say are harboring Kurdish guerrillas who are thying to secede from Iran. That's nice, but you can't shoot into Iraq? Or if you keep it up you might start hearing some strange unexplained explosions at the bases where you have been outfitting the punks who are killing my friends.

Why don't we just move an Arty unit with counter-battery capability up there, and the next time they try it we will have radar proof. Plus we will get to enjoy blowing their guns up, pluses all around in my book.

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[cirby]

Because we'd start getting those "No fair - he hit me back" whines from the Iranians.

[Gryph]

Aren't we also allowing Turkey to shell the Kurds in Northern Iraq? Pesky Kurds.

[Sig]

That sounds like an amusing party. Too bad I have to use all of my leave before the end of FY07. =/

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[Cincinnati_Bob]

This feels very much like one of thsoe situations where the [non]actions are so stupid you think "Well, there's gotta be a master plan' and then when the dust finally clears you find out NOPE, no master plan.

Just stupidity or worse. GWB's already in it, send some orders down to pick a fight and make it look their fault, which should be child's play at this point.

Hell it'd be worth it to see Pelosi and Reid fly to Iran to kiss the feet of President FHead.

Nope. No plan, no nothing, just stupidity or worse.

[referman]

The britts have been complaining about the Iranians flying their helos across the border in the south,shooting off their toy rockets.They clearly kidnapped the sailors in international waters,now they shoot arty shells across the border.They have been sending Qods to train insurgents on making better ied-vbieds,they continue to smuggle shaped penetrators,arms,ammunition,money across the border.They do not even try to hide the training camps just inside their borders.It appears the man is picking a fight,is it because his country is in the crapper and he needs a war to bring them together.What dictator in his right mind would want us to come a knocking..He surely doesnt want a piece of our military,our brotherns are war hardend warriors.God Bless em all.This is going to be a long fight gentlemen.Semper Fi

[warvet48]

"Nope. No plan, no nothing, just stupidity or worse."

I'm just hoping that the foot drops soon. How long are we going to take this shit from the Iranians anyways. They're killing our troops, that makes them the enemy. Kill them!

[Immolate]

Maybe we're trying to get Malaki to man up and black Iran's eye as a way of giving him some street cred with the Sunnis and Kurds? Gotta admit that putting a smack-down on dinnerjacket would get 'er done.

[Ojoe]

The Iranians are enriching uranium every day and we just sit here?
I hope a big attack on them is in the works.
Otherwise a nuke will go off in a civilian population center.

[Ymarsakar]

Can someone explain to me why we would allow the Iranians to fire artillery into Iraq for any reason at all?

Formalized lying in formal wear?

[liyak]

We have no power over Iran!
Haven't you figured that out
yet?Nor do we overpower Iraq,
which also is evident.Too many
other countries are helping against peace.