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February 13, 2007
Iran Supplying Sophisticated Weapons to Terrorists in Iraq
While fools like Jim Baker of the Iraqi Surrender Group blather about partnering for peace with the regime in Iran, the mullahs to whom they would turn over Iraq are supplying terrorists with sophisticated weapons that are being used to kill Americans. A case in point: the Steyr HS50.
More than 100 of these $20,000 sniper rifles have been discovered by US troops during raids. They are part of a shipment of 800 exported by the Austrian company Steyr-Mannlicher to Iran last year. An American officer was shot dead with one within 45 days of the weapons arriving in Iran. He was the first of 170 Coalition troops to be killed with them.
The .50-caliber rifles can pierce body armor from up to a mile. They can also penetrate armored Humvees. Iran manufactures ammo for them.
If we are losing in Iraq, it is because the enemy at home has compelled us to fight in a limited manner doomed to failure. Imagine if we had tried to liberate Europe from Nazis by invading France, then instead of pushing on, fretting about the terms under which we should surrender to our "partners for peace" in Berlin.
Hat tip: The Elephant Bar, on a tip from Allen.
Posted by Van Helsing at February 13, 2007 11:31 AM
Comments
The Elephant Bar has withdrawn the original post making the connection between General Dynamics and Steyr-Mannlicher.
My apology to you and your readers for the error.
Posted by: allen at February 13, 2007 3:44 PM
It's time to mount up the 2nd MARDIV, and roll that country into a burnt cinder.
Yeehaw
Posted by: Irate at Iran at February 13, 2007 7:18 PM
Not since WWII has the U.S. been involved in a conflict with a clearly defined enemy. China supporting North Vietnamese troops is a case in point. Even we have done it, consider our helping freedom fighters in other countries, helping the side to win that we want, without becoming involved.
The point is that it should be a recognized fact that that is how wars are fought now. To say we're not fighting Iran is naive. Fighting by proxy is the new way to fight. We've done it, they've done it, the Russians, Chinese, etc.
If you want to end this thing, go to the source. When will that lesson be learned?
Posted by: NudeGayWhalesForJesus at February 14, 2007 1:52 PM
Having said that, I'll also add that it will be a long time before we'll ever again be involved in a direct conflict with another country. The dems are going to force us to pull troops out of Iraq, they will lose the war in Iraq and they will blame the republicans, just like in Vietnam.
It is unlikely that a democrat controlled congress will allow an invasion of Iran in the next decade or two.
Hillary will win the White House, and the U.S. will sink into a Clinton-induced complacency. Just like Clinton 1, when mass genocide in Rwanda couldn't force the U.S. to act (much), the outside world will be ignored by the media, the fall of Iraq to Iran will be given a second page heading in the Times, and that only to blame Bush, and we will once again concentrate on such weighty matters as gays in the military.
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