In particular, it is simply astounding that the west is not acting to defend itself against attacks being orchestrated by Iran — not forgetting its sidekick Syria, which is facilitating the passage of fighters into Iraq. Iran is heavily engaged in arming, training and supplying the Iraqi insurgency. Western soldiers are being blown up by Iranian roadside bombs. Iran is now working with every type of group in Iraq, Sunni as well as Shia, in its effort to defeat the coalition, stymie Iraqi democracy and seize control of Iraq for itself.

Yet neither America nor Britain is fighting back against this. They will not cross the border into Iran or Syria in hot pursuit. The recent humiliation of Britain’s navy, when the 15 sailors were taken hostage, occurred because the British rules of engagement forbade firing on Iranian forces in self defence. Even more astounding, there are no covert operations being conducted within Iran or Syria —no strategic targets being blown up, no terror godfathers being killed, nothing going on at all, despite the fact that such operations would put the kind of pressure on Iran and Syria that weakened them both militarily and psychologically. Every military analyst worth his salt knows this. Wise heads in the military have been tearing out their hair for a long time about the President’s refusal to take this kind of action which might avert the appalling perils of all-out war with Iran. So why does America seem to be paralysed?
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