Parallel Universe

Wow! There is an excellent commentary by Steve Schippert at ThreatsWatch.Org which cleverly shows the stupidity of pretending that Iran has nothing to do with the troubles in neighboring Iraq (let alone Syria!) This commentary is a MUST READ! (Hat tip: Michael Leeden)

Parallel Universe
Insulated By Criticism, Iran Is Killing Americans ...And Everybody Knows It
By Steve Schippert

Some in the US Intelligence Community seem to operate in another realm and in a world with significantly different realities, dangers and potential outcomes. How else can it be explained that United States political leadership has been persuaded to withhold releasing intelligence regarding Iranian actions in Iraq, including arming, funding and training both Sunni and Shi’a groups killing US soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, let alone the mind-boggling toll upon Iraq’s civilian population?

In question is the same Iran that even Hassan Nasrallah openly ceded feeds the Hizballah terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, Israelis and Lebanese through its terrorist attacks, “And the help is funneled through Syria, and everybody knows it.”

“Everybody knows” a lot of things. One of them is an American fear of international and internal criticism that prevents her from doing what is necessary – or anything much beyond rhetoric, for that matter - to openly confront the Iranian regime that has been at war with the United States since its 1979 Islamic revolution."

Source: Threatwatch.org: Parallel Universe: Feb 5, 2007