Dumb and Dumber
Aug. 16, 2006 -- Guest column:
Dumb and Dumber
By Dave DeBatto
A Washington Post piece ran today called “No Evidence Iran Active in Iraq: US General.” The general in question was identified as Major General William Caldwell, top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq.
Really General Caldwell? No Iranians active in Iraq?
That is certainly news to me as well as to:
- Moqtada al Sadr
- Ayatollah Sistani
- The Badr Organization (military wing of SCIRI)
- SCIRI (Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq with HQ in Iran)
- Hundreds of Revolutionary Guard personnel operating in Iraq
- Thousands of Iranian intelligence operatives working in Iraq
- Dozens of SCIRI members in the Iraqi parliament
- Hundreds of SCIRI members in local government posts
I could go on but I tire of stating the obvious – obvious that is, to everyone by our own military leaders in Iraq and the Pentagon. Since the earliest days of the war in 2003, Iranian agents of all stripes have been pouring over the virtually unguarded border between Iraq and Iran by the thousands, if not tens of thousands. That massive influx has not stopped, if anything, it has gotten worse.
While serving as a Counterintelligence Agent and Tactical HUMINT Team leader (THT) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, I personally apprehended Iranian agents as well as SCIRI and Badr Corps members during my tour there and they told me about many, many others, as well as some of the Iranian long term plans for Iraq. This was all reported up the chain of command at the time, but of course, no one listened. Why would the Army leadership want to listen to reports from its own intelligence operatives when they can make up their own Intelligence? Mind you, this was over three years ago.
It is particularly unnerving to have a senior military official after three years of war in Iraq put out such an asinine press release. That statement alone should make every American that cares anything about our presence in Iraq take notice. If a Major General, the senior U.S. military spokesman in Iraq can, with a straight face, put out an official statement claiming that there is no evidence of Iranian involvement in Iraq, then he should not only be removed from his post, but the entire senior military leadership in Iraq should be sacked as well. Through in the senior Pentagon leadership while we’re at it since neither will happen.
If they do not even have such a basic grasp on the situation on the ground in Iraq by this time, we are truly doomed. Run, don’t walk from Iraq and get out now.
© 2006 David DeBatto
www.davedebatto.com
WayneMadsenReport
Dumb and Dumber
By Dave DeBatto
A Washington Post piece ran today called “No Evidence Iran Active in Iraq: US General.” The general in question was identified as Major General William Caldwell, top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq.
Really General Caldwell? No Iranians active in Iraq?
That is certainly news to me as well as to:
- Moqtada al Sadr
- Ayatollah Sistani
- The Badr Organization (military wing of SCIRI)
- SCIRI (Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq with HQ in Iran)
- Hundreds of Revolutionary Guard personnel operating in Iraq
- Thousands of Iranian intelligence operatives working in Iraq
- Dozens of SCIRI members in the Iraqi parliament
- Hundreds of SCIRI members in local government posts
I could go on but I tire of stating the obvious – obvious that is, to everyone by our own military leaders in Iraq and the Pentagon. Since the earliest days of the war in 2003, Iranian agents of all stripes have been pouring over the virtually unguarded border between Iraq and Iran by the thousands, if not tens of thousands. That massive influx has not stopped, if anything, it has gotten worse.
While serving as a Counterintelligence Agent and Tactical HUMINT Team leader (THT) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, I personally apprehended Iranian agents as well as SCIRI and Badr Corps members during my tour there and they told me about many, many others, as well as some of the Iranian long term plans for Iraq. This was all reported up the chain of command at the time, but of course, no one listened. Why would the Army leadership want to listen to reports from its own intelligence operatives when they can make up their own Intelligence? Mind you, this was over three years ago.
It is particularly unnerving to have a senior military official after three years of war in Iraq put out such an asinine press release. That statement alone should make every American that cares anything about our presence in Iraq take notice. If a Major General, the senior U.S. military spokesman in Iraq can, with a straight face, put out an official statement claiming that there is no evidence of Iranian involvement in Iraq, then he should not only be removed from his post, but the entire senior military leadership in Iraq should be sacked as well. Through in the senior Pentagon leadership while we’re at it since neither will happen.
If they do not even have such a basic grasp on the situation on the ground in Iraq by this time, we are truly doomed. Run, don’t walk from Iraq and get out now.
© 2006 David DeBatto
www.davedebatto.com
WayneMadsenReport
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