And believing they will negotiate in good faith right now is the ultimate in wishful thinking. They feel bold enough to send easily traceable weapons into a war zone to kill our troops. Do you not see the problem?

Do we want to go war with Iran?

If the answer is yes, then it doesn’t really matter if the Sunnis are the ones who primarily use IEDs, and the Iranian gov’t isn’t supporting the Shiites, so it doesn’t add up that the Iranian gov’t is supplying weapons that kill our troops. Ultimately, that debate is moot, because if we, collectively, want to start a third war in the Middle East, then we don’t really need a sturdy, accurate, honest justification- we’ll just go do it.

But also, if the answer is no, then again the debate about who’s supplying whom with what types of weapons is a moot debate. If we, collectively, have no desire to go to war with Iran, then we should address these grievances at the negotiating table with the Iranians, not on the battlefield. Further, we should all be working very hard to restrict the Bush Administration from starting a war with Iran, because we, collectively, don’t want it.

So, let’s start with that. Given all that you know today, do you want to go to war with Iran, gaius?

You reject my ‘simplistic’ assessment of Shiite behavior. Check a map of where the IEDs are being planted and see who controls that territory. But maybe that’s simplistic too – fair enough. Isn’t it curious fully support and defend the Iraq occupation, which was based on an equally simplistic big government nation building plan. More proof of “toeing” the administration line.

I’m sure if the troops knew the IEDs were coming from the Saudis we’d hear all about it. And there would be no motivation for Saudis to put Iranian markings on the IEDs. That would be silly. What percent of Fox viewers think the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis?

You’re wrong about me wanting to drag the administration down “at all costs.” I fully stand behind the tax cuts implemented by 43, because those cuts were based on sound Austrian school economic thinking. On the other hand, nation building and massive deficit spending are not, so I call them on it. Plus I’m against Americans dying for an Iran 2.0. So excuse me for saying the Emperor has no clothes; if only more conservatives had the cojones to acknowledge the 800 pound elephant in the room.

I think I’ve correctly spelled enough colloquialisms to make up for my earlier mistake, but thanks for the correction. That there/their thing can be tricky too..

Hezbollah used these weapons in Lebanon against the Israelis. Guess they aren’t Shiites now as far as you’re concerned.

And the troops have known for a long time that these are coming from Iran. And it doesn’t matter which religious sect is involved.

See, I suspect you know that but are just toeing (that’s the correct spelling) the “drag the administration down at all costs” party line.

The Administration knows IEDs upset Americans (quite understandably), so they’re trying to pin the creation of them on Iran and an excuse for a fight.

See I suspect you actually know this, but you’re just towing the administration line. Whatever.