Iran Escalating War & Killing MORE Americans

The first questions at President Bush's news conference today were about the Iranian murders of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Press Conference by the President
The White House East Room
February 14, 2007
WH Transcript

[David Gregory, NBC]Q. Thank you, sir. I'd like to follow on Iran. Critics say that you are using the same quality of intelligence about Iran that you used to make the case for war in Iraq, specifically about WMD that turned out to be wrong, and that you are doing that to make a case for war against Iran. Is that the case?

THE PRESIDENT: I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I'd like to repeat, I do not know whether or not the Quds force was ordered from the top echelons of government. But my point is what's worse -- them ordering it and it happening, or them not ordering it and it happening? And so we will continue to protect our troops.
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Q -- using faulty intelligence to provoke Iran?

THE PRESIDENT: No, I heard your question, and I told you, I was confident that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, was providing weaponry into Iraq. And to say it is provoking Iran is just a wrong way to characterize the Commander-in-Chief's decision to do what is necessary to protect our soldiers in harm's way. And I will continue to do so.
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Q What assurances can you give the American people that the intelligence this time will be accurate?

THE PRESIDENT: Ed, we know they're there, we know they're provided by the Quds force. We know the Quds force is a part of the Iranian government. I don't think we know who picked up the phone and said to the Quds force, go do this, but we know it's a vital part of the Iranian government.

What matters is, is that we're responding. The idea that somehow we're manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs is preposterous, Ed. My job is to protect our troops. And when we find devices that are in that country that are hurting our troops, we're going to do something about it, pure and simple.

Now David says, does this mean you're trying to have a pretext for war? No. It means I'm trying to protect our troops. That's what that means. And that's what the family members of our soldiers expect the Commander-in-Chief and those responsible for -- responsible for our troops on the ground. And we'll continue do so.

Donkeys With Their Heads in the Sand

So there you go. Democrats, as voiced by their media allies, will attempt to prevent, or undermine any efforts to deal with Iran by playing the "faulty intelligence" card.

The briefing that senior U.S. military officials had in Baghdad on Sunday is here. Readers are invited to view the presentation and the evidence for themselves. Our troops in Iraq are being killed by explosively formed projectiles (description here) which exceed the technical means to produce inside Iraq.

We caught Iranian agents in Iraq with Iranian Revolutionary Guard ID's . The Iranian government demanded their release, why would they do that if they didn't know about it?

We've got the serial numbers and dates of production for other Iranian weapons captured in Iraq.

At what point do Democrats take seriously the fact that Iran is and has been killing Americans?

For years we've sat and looked the other way as Iran used it's proxy Hezbollah to kill at least 289 U.S. citizens.

Other than tough talk, we haven't challenged their funding, training and incitement of terrorism, or their desire to build a nuclear weapon.

Last August, Mike's America asked the question: "Why Iran Does Not Fear the U.S.?" The heart of the matter goes all the way back to the Carter Administration's lame response to the act of war committed by Iran when it "allowed" "students" to violate International Law and seize the U.S. embassy. One of those former "students" is the current President of Iran.

Going on 28 years now Iranians gather after Friday prayers and chant "Death to America" and frequently hold up signs "America Can't Do a Damned Thing" about their attacks, threats, terrorism and nuclear weapons development.

At what point do we show Iran that there IS a price to be paid for killing Americans?