I thought I was just joking...

I don't know about Mardi Gras for sure, but I'd be willing to wager that Khamenei and Ahmadinejad won't be taking their tops off for beads.

You know, the single most simple explanation for everything that we have done for the past 7 years is that Dick Cheney is a Manchurian candidate sleeper agent for the ayatollahs. It pretty much 'splains everything.

The mullah's would have to own a butt load of Halliburton stock for it to really explain everything. Oh and they'd have to really hate Mardi Gras.

Just sayin...

Our policies in Iraq and Afghanistan may be contrary to Iran's, but I don't see how our interests are that far removed. Iran had been an enemy of the Taliban long before the US was. They were fighting Saddam long before the US was. Iran is also on Al Qaeda's hit-list of apostate governments.

In general, we've been pursuing Iran's interests in the region for the past 5 years, more than America's interests.

You know, the single most simple explanation for everything that we have done for the past 7 years is that Dick Cheney is a Manchurian candidate sleeper agent for the ayatollahs. It pretty much 'splains everything.

Huh? I think it's pretty likely that Iran is pursuing interests contrary to ours in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

I don't know, apparently both of us want a shia led theocracy in Iraq.

Go Team!

I think it's pretty likely that Iran is pursuing interests contrary to ours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Few doubt it, in fact. That should color our policy toward Iran.

Our policies in Iraq and Afghanistan may be contrary to Iran's, but I don't see how our interests are that far removed. Iran had been an enemy of the Taliban long before the US was. They were fighting Saddam long before the US was. Iran is also on Al Qaeda's hit-list of apostate governments.

So James, you are back to playing war shill for the Bush admin.

Huh? I think it's pretty likely that Iran is pursuing interests contrary to ours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Few doubt it, in fact. That should color our policy toward Iran.

Does that mean we should go to war with Iran? No. Indeed, I've been consistent in saying that the cost-benefit analysis doesn't support that.

It’s almost inconceivable that bombs are coming in from Iran without the knowledge of the government.

So James, you are back to playing war shill for the Bush admin. Are you planning on enlisting for this one, or are you going to leave the fighting and dying to others once again?

We already did the BS song and dance insinuations leading to war in a middle eastern country, this time I want hard facts.

Are you also willing to believe Iran is purposely sending them?

Absolutely, that is the more likely of the two, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the entire Iranian government knows about it, after all the entire US government didn't know Reagan was selling weapons to Iran.

Are you willing to believe a country which has publically declared we are the great satan and want to fight us at every turn, would use ambiguity in its actions, knowing it has full deniabilty to ship weapons over the border?

Are you willing to believe that if even in the best case, Iran lost track of some charges and we told them their stuff was appearing in Iraq that they wouldn't take effort to secure those charges? As if all of Iran's munitions storage don't have an security or surveillence? Weapons appearing on the scene once may be a fluke, but consistency appearing in multiple countries over the course of several years, after us notifying them of it, is not a fluke.

Are you willing to believe that if Iran supposedly has no countrol over how its weapons get into the hands of terrorists then its absolutely crucial they don't develop an atomic bomb.

It’s almost inconceivable that bombs are coming in from Iran without the knowledge of the government.

If Russia can lose track of nuclear weapons and the Multinational Force Iraq can lose track of over a hundred thousand AK-47s, I'm willing to believe that the Iranian government could lose track of some shaped charges.