General McChrystal says Afghan insurgents trained in Iran

[choie]

Source: Reuters

By Sanjeev Miglani Sanjeev Miglani – 2 hrs 2 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Sunday, joining a rising drumbeat of criticism of Iran's role in the country.

General Stanley McChrystal said coalition forces were working to stop Iran from giving material help to the Taliban who have stepped up the campaign to force foreign forces out of Afghanistan in a nine-year conflict.

"The training that we have seen occurs inside Iran with fighters moving inside Iran," he said at a news conference in response to a question on Iran's influence. "The weapons that we have received come from Iran into Afghanistan."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_iran

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Here we go again....keep on trying McCrystal - you'll have us going to war with Iran yet...

[dipsydoodle]

1. Well he would wouldn't he.

Probably believes in the tooth fairy too.

[Scuba]

2. And after we kill....

... all of Al Quada, all of the Taliban, all the Muslims, all the....

Eventually, it'll just be us and Canada. They we can kill those foreigners too, since they don't like us for some reason.

[Loki]

3. And they are trained in

Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, France, England, Germany, well probably most middle eastern and European countries, is he suggesting that we attack every country that has every trained terrorists including the US of A? General, your medications are on the top shelf of the medicine cabinet, I suggest you take them regularly. And this is the best military we have? They ran all the smart and independent thinkers out a long time ago, and this is what is left. Garbage in.......garbage out.

[Scuba]

7. Don't forget our "homegrown" terrorists.... we can attack Missouri !!!

[truth2power]

9. "Garbage in.......garbage out.." Yessirree!! I almost fell off my chair laughing

at McChrystal's latest excuse.

How convenient that Iran is now the target. But count on the majority of Murikans not to connect the dots.

It boggles the mind! :silly:

[dencol]

17. As one of the comedians accurately pointed out...

There are probably more members of terrorist organizations in Queens than there are in Afghanistan.

[madrchsod]

4. what ya think the russians said when the stingers started showing up?

never trust an american if they say they are here to help. remember the guys we are fighting are the same guys we supplied the weapons and training to kill russians.

charlie wilson`s war is a true story.

[Bragi]

6. Look, there's a guy with a stin...... /nt

[Kolesar]

14. lol

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

16. The real reason the US government hates Iran is the same reason

it hates Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. They fought back. That's it.

[Bragi]

5. Shame on Iran

Can we come home now?

[ShortnFiery]

8. Oh boy! Here it comes right on time.

:crazy:

http://yorick.infinitejest.org:81/1/img/card-1984_instruction_manual.jpg

[SILVER__FOX52]

10. This guy is.....

seriously dangerous to this Country.

[Flaneur]

11. If I were Iran, hmmm....

Let's see: On my western border, there are 100,000 so American troops. On my eastern border, there are 100,000 or so American and NATO troops. America is always threatening me. Even though I am Shiite and those Taliban are Sunni, I think I may just want to fuck-up the American's imperial adventures on my borders my helping those Talibs.

I would not be surprised if this were the case.

[pundaint]

12. Well if McChrystal says it, it must be good for McChrystal. Fuck War and it's mongers.

[Kolesar]

13. Iran backed the Northern Alliance in the war against the Sunni Muslim Taliban in the 1990s

(from the article)
thanks to bush for not finishing the war years ago.

[EFerrari]

15. More lies and propaganda. Disgrace to the uniform.

[Greyhound]

18. "Marijuana will make all our women go fer them blacks"

Another tired lie repeated until the terminally stupid believed it.

[New Dawn]

19. Just more Neocon propaganda from the Pentacon.

[mikita]

20. but wait, wait ...

you'll see it will eventually work!!!

We'll attack, and oh then, after ten or so years, we'll talk about needing to withdraw, but oh then, we just CAN'T pull out our troops and leave the country in shambles, but oh then, we need to stay and TRAIN their troops, but oh then,


Oh I forgot,

are we in IRAQ ?

Or Afghanistan ?

or Vietnam ?

or ..... ???

[harkadog]

21. Another administration beating war drums in Asia

Will it ever end?

[matsovani]

22. Ho Hum

Tennis anyone?:rofl:

[Solly Mack]

23. Deja vu....'cept the same thing was being said about Iraq

[Crowman1979]

24. McCrystal is just another liar with blood on his hands.

[BetterThanNoSN]

25. POS

This douche also headed up the Pat Tillman coverup, worthy of a promotion, of course. Orwell would be proud.

[Zorro]

26. He's right, of course

[demigoddess]

27. generals are supposed to keep their mouths shut. Apparently this guy never

got that memo.

[Prometheus Bound]

28. Yet he says in other reports "Iran has assisted the Afghan government in fighting the insurgents"

AP: NATO general in Afghanistan: Taliban train in Iran
Sun May 30, 11:19 am ET

...Gen. Stanley McChrystal told reporters in the Afghan capital that Iran — Afghanistan's western neighbor — has generally assisted the Afghan government in fighting the insurgent group.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100530/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_36

[elias49]

29. Yup. Bringing Iran into this is bullshit.

But, of course, that's our next target. And that's part of the reason for the insane military hardware build-up: the US may get to use all those F35s that are inappropriate for COIN wars but would be great for a massive air assault on Iran.
Hmmmm.

[Prometheus Bound]

30. He's careful not to mention the Iranian govt, knowing 99% of readers will assume it is the govt

He uses the passive voice and other clever wording to avoid accusing the govt.

"...are being trained inside Iran and given weapons"

"The training...occurs inside Iran with fighters moving inside Iran,"

"The weapons that we have received come from Iran into Afghanistan."

there had been a significant shipment of Iranian arms to fighters

[MisterP]

33. Iran has an air force; since when has the US fought/overthrown a country with one of those? '45? nt

[elias49]

34. Remember "Shock and Awe"?

It was all about air power in the beginning. Bitch of it was that Iraq didn't roll over...they still have an 'insurgency' going.
According to 'GlobalFirepower.com, Iran ranks around 18th in 'military strength' behind such powers as Brazil, Turkey and Italy. I've seen estimates of their 'air force' as being comprised of between 80 and 300 serviceable aircraft. Ouch! Such an air force!
And, of course, if you don't see a need for an air war, why the hell are we spending SO MUCH MONEY for useless hardware?

[defendandprotect]

31. When are we going to bring down this MIC . . . ??? Sounds like more "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"....

[JCMach1]

32. Mr. McCrstal needs to visit the open arms market in Peshawar then...

for a taste of reality... As long as there is narco money to be made and arms sellers willing to trade, the Taliban can and will fight.

That's why the war is not winnable.

[yellowwood]

35. If All You Have Is a Hammer

Everything looks like a nail
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bernardbar181387.html

[Old and In the Way]

36. So we should widen the war, McCrystal?

There will always be adjacent countries that are involved with our wars...how much more do you think we should expand it? To the point where it's the USA against everyone else? At this rate, our endless war against Al Qaeda will destroy our economy...I can't think of a better way to deliver what our enemies want.