Our New Commander-in-Chief Decides To Let All Captured Iranian Quds Force Agents Go

I'm sorry, but this is complete, absolute BULL SHIT. To put this in perspective, one of the most deadly attacks on American troops in Iraq during the entire war was the calculated operation by Iranian Quds Force agents who masqueraded as American security personnel in Karbala in 2007 - they captured 4 American soldiers in that operation and subsequently killed them. And it is the likes of these that President Barack Hussein Obama has decided to turn over to the Iraqi government, who then, of course, wants to appease their more violent neighbors by returning them to Iran. Like I said, this absolutely sucks. From the article at The Long War Journal, look at this comment from one of the U.S. intelligence officials:

As power is transferred back to the Iraqi government, the US will continue to release the Iranian and Hezbollah agents captured in Iraq.
US intelligence officials who directly deal with the Iranian threat in Iraq are dismayed by the release of the Qods Force agents, and say the release of more is in the pipeline.
"If you didn't like the release of Laith and the Irbil Five, you'd better get used to it," one official told The Long War Journal in disgust.
"We worked hard to catch these bastards, now we're cutting them loose with little thought to the consequences of doing this.”

And here's more from the article:

The US military recently released five Iranian Qods Force agents who had posed as diplomats and were detained in northern Iraq in late 2006. The Iranian agents were released to the Iraqi government, which is expected to promptly turn them back over to Iran.
In January 2007, the five Iranian agents were detained by US forces in the Kurdish city of Irbil. Iran claimed the men were part of a diplomatic mission in Irbil, and protested the arrest. The men were operating from a liaison office that did not enjoy diplomatic privileges, however.
The US military accused the five Iranians of being Qods Force agents assigned to help support Shia terror groups inside Iraq.
"The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces," noted Multinational Forces Iraq in press release announcing the arrest in mid-January 2007.
Now these Qods Force agents have been released to the Iraqi government and will be turned over to the embassy in Baghdad, according to Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi.

I'm just having trouble wrapping my mind around this - we documented time after time the Iranian influence in the Iraq War that directly cost American troop lives...many of us at that time called for military retribution strikes into Iran. And it wasn't just the training of fighters that Iran did...it was all of the new IED technology as well as weapons and munitions that were sent in. And finally, couple all of that with the direct involvement of the Quds Forces INSIDE of Iraq. And now they are set free. You know, I have no problem with returning them to Iran but I'd be sure they got there in body bags. You tell me what signal this sends the Iranians of the strength of America under Barack Hussein Obama.

US releases Iranian Qods Force agents

The US military recently released five Iranian Qods Force agents who had posed as diplomats and were detained in northern Iraq in late 2006. The Iranian agents were released to the Iraqi government, which is expected to promptly turn them back over to Iran.
In January 2007, the five Iranian agents were detained by US forces in the Kurdish city of Irbil. Iran claimed the men were part of a diplomatic mission in Irbil, and protested the arrest. The men were operating from a liaison office that did not enjoy diplomatic privileges, however.
The US military accused the five Iranians of being Qods Force agents assigned to help support Shia terror groups inside Iraq.
"The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces," noted Multinational Forces Iraq in press release announcing the arrest in mid-January 2007.
Now these Qods Force agents have been released to the Iraqi government and will be turned over to the embassy in Baghdad, according to Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi.
"The five Iranian diplomats abducted in Iraq were handed over by the occupying US forces to the Iraqi prime minister (Nuri al-Maliki)," Qomi said.
Qomi himself had been accused of being a Qods Force agent by General David Petraeus back in November 2007 while he commander of Multinational Forces Iraq. Petraeus now heads US Central Command.
The campaign against Iran's terror network in Iraq kicked off with the capture of Iranian agents in Baghdad in December 2006 and the detention of the Qods Force agents in Irbil the following month. The US and Iraqi militaries cracked down hard on the Ramazan Corps, the command set up by Qods Force to direct operations inside Iraq. The campaign culminated in a major operation led by the Iraqi security forces to dismantle the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army and allied Special Groups in Baghdad and central and southern Iraq.
The recent release of the Irbil Five, as they came to be known, was preceded by the release last month of Laith Qazali, the brother of Qais Qazali.
Qais Qazali was the commander of the Qazali network, which is better known as the Asaib al Haq, or the League of the Righteous. Qais was a spokesman and senior aide to Mahdi Army leader Muqtada al Sadr. The terror group, which was part of the Mahdi Army until the spring of 2008, has received extensive financial and military support from Iran's Qods Force.
The League of the Righteous was directly implicated by General David Petraeus as being behind the January 2007 attack on the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, as well as other high-profile terror attacks in Iraq. Five US soldiers were killed during the Karbala attack and subsequent kidnapping attempt. After US and Iraqi security forces closed in on the assault team, the terrorists executed the five US soldiers.
Laith was later released as part of negotiations to free five British contractors taken captive by Qais' group shortly after their leader had been detained. The League of the Righteous responded to Laith's release by turning over the bodies of two of the hostages and demanding the return of all of the group's leadership before releasing any other captives. The two hostages were murdered months ago.
As power is transferred back to the Iraqi government, the US will continue to release the Iranian and Hezbollah agents captured in Iraq.
US intelligence officials who directly deal with the Iranian threat in Iraq are dismayed by the release of the Qods Force agents, and say the release of more is in the pipeline.
"If you didn't like the release of Laith and the Irbil Five, you'd better get used to it," one official told The Long War Journal in disgust.
"We worked hard to catch these bastards, now we're cutting them loose with little thought to the consequences of doing this.”