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February 15, 2007
America vs. Iran: The Shadow War
While the U.S. military and intelligence proceeds cautiously on exposing Iran's involvement in Iraq's insurgency, and treads carefully on exposing Muqtada al-Sadr's backing of the Shia death squads, a war is being fought in the shadows -- a war which we only see glimpses of.
To read the rest of Bill Rogio's enlightening report, please click here.
Almost twenty-eight years ago, The Islamic Republic of Iran declared war against The Great Satan -- that's America if you don't speak Islamobabble -- when they invaded the American Embassy in Tehran. Ever since then Iran's ruthless and highly efficient intelligence service, The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and her proxy army, Hizbullah, have been killing and kidnapping Americans and, of course, Jews. Most notably for Americans, the abductions of CIA station chief William F. Buckley in 1984 and U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in 1988. Both men died in captivity.
The Iranians know that they are at war with America; the unfortunate part is that most Americans are blissfully unaware of this brutal and bloody conflict that is being fought in the shadows.
Even now, as Iranian agents kill and maim American soldiers in Iraq, American liberals demand proof, absolute proof, that the highest levels of the Iranian government have authorized these attacks.
This absolute proof obviously cannot be produced. If our security services did have such proof it would be foolish to make such documents public and thereby compromise the sources that leaked them.
The world of intelligence is, by definition, never exacting, never perfect. Far from absolute.
In other words, those who demand absolute proof of Iranian mischief in Iraq are far more interested in attacking the credibility of President Bush than in protecting our servicemen.
We already know that they have no interest in winning this war -- for that matter in winning any war. They are, by nature, inclination, education and ideology: defeatists.
It's lucky these people were not around during WWII. "Hey, let's get the heck out of Europe, the Germans are just slaughtering innocent Jews and if we stay here they might even slaughter more. Let's scram and maybe things will get better."
Imagine a world where Liberals rule, where America is indifferent to the plight of civilians at their time of greatest need because, y'know, it's just too darn hard to fight a bunch of terrorists. Imagine a world where America's allies suspect, with good reason, that America withdraws her forces from the battlefield as soon as casualties appear. Imagine a world where hysterical congressman scream for an exit strategy before troops are even inserted, before the battlefield even takes shape.
Such a world invites genocide, and make no mistake about it, a gilt-edged invitation is extended to the jihadists -- right to our shores.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at February 15, 2007 04:18 PM
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