This is pretty disappointing, to say the least. Every time the Iraqis meet with the Iranians the Iraqis cower back to their country and turn yellow. But in their defense to some degree, we have to look at reality. If Hillary Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama win the U.S. Presidential election, both have vowed to surrender and pull American troops out of Iraq. We all know that at that point, Iraq would not be able to defend itself from Iran. So one can't totally point the finger at the Iraqis for being cautious. But that doesn't excuse this lunacy taken from the article here at DEBKA:
At the same time, we don't know exactly what the Shia Iranians are saying behind closed doors to the Shia-led Iraqi government. I'm sure there are the usual share of lies but there is probably some promising going on as to helping defend Iraq from Sunni groups such as al Qaeda.
One last thought...the Iraqis are smart enough to know that their border could very well be within 300 miles of nuclear tipped missiles in Iran in the next year. Based upon looking down the barrel of that kind of gun, how arrogant and accusatory would you be?
Asked about reports that some rockets made this year and seized in raids against Shiite militias came from Iran, the Baghdad government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Sunday, May 4: “There is no conclusive evidence.”
At the same time, we don't know exactly what the Shia Iranians are saying behind closed doors to the Shia-led Iraqi government. I'm sure there are the usual share of lies but there is probably some promising going on as to helping defend Iraq from Sunni groups such as al Qaeda.
One last thought...the Iraqis are smart enough to know that their border could very well be within 300 miles of nuclear tipped missiles in Iran in the next year. Based upon looking down the barrel of that kind of gun, how arrogant and accusatory would you be?
Iraqi officials back away from US charges of Iranian interference
Asked about reports that some rockets made this year and seized in raids against Shiite militias came from Iran, the Baghdad government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Sunday, May 4: “There is no conclusive evidence.”
He said the Baghdad had appointed a committee to determine whether there is merit to US charges that its eastern neighbor is arming and training Shiite Muslim militants here.
This change in the Maliki government’s tone followed talks in Tehran last week on Iraqi security by an official Iraqi delegation.
Al-Dabbagh said Iraq wants friendly ties with Iran and stressed both countries share common interests. "We can't ignore or deny we are neighbors. We do not want to be pushed in a struggle with any country, especially Iran," he said.
"We are fed up with past tensions that we have paid a costly price for because some parties have pushed Iraq (in the past) to take an aggressive attitude to Iran."
But he also said a crackdown on Shiite militias will not stop, despite word that Iran will not restart security talks with the United States until the fighting is halted.
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