It's about Time!

Well, it looks like the Islamic Republic of Iran's Al-Quds Force (Qudos=Jeresalem. Al quods is a branch of IRGC) has been very busy in Iraq and has stepped up it's sponsorship of terrrorism into high gears,"There is a sharp surge in Iran's sponsorship of terrorism and sectarian violence in the past few months," said Mr. Jafarzadeh at a conference organized by the Iran Policy Committee"...Sustaining such a large-scale terror network demands huge sums of money. According to MeK sources, Gen. Abtahi "sends millions and millions of dollars from Ahwaz into Iraq every month." The money is transported to Iraq by a special courier who picks up the funds in Ahwaz and carries them across the Shalamche border where "affiliate" border guards whisk him through. Gen. McInerney urged George Bush to confront Iran's role directly if he wants to stabilize Iraq. "Just sending more troops to Iraq doesn't solve the problem unless you attack this problem [of Iran's involvement]," Gen. McInerney said. "And it must be attacked in a covert way in Iran. We're going against a very formidable enemy that thinks we will not respond."

Given the mayhem that Iran is causing in Iraq, it's about time to deal with the cause and not the symptomps. Finally, the Bush adminstration has taken a few steps in the right direction. Raw Story reports that the nomination of retired Vice Admiral John Michael McConnell to be Director of National Intelligence is part of a new approach to not allow the Islamic Republic continue to destablize Iraq with impunity. I don't believe we're too late in reversing the tide in our favor if we seriously tackle the root cause, which is Iran and not let the politicians to run the war. And once we do that we don't have to worry about leaving Iraq and handing Iraq to Iran on a silver platter.