Gen. Caldwell is asked how's Iran actions in Iraq different to US involvement in Afghanistan in '70s

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http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/02/16/1865-caldwell-iranian-interference-a-force-protection-issue/

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Addressing comparisons between Iran's current actions in Iraq and U.S. actions to support indigenous forces in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation of the 1970s, Caldwell called the situations a "night and day" difference hinged on the legitimacy of the Iraqi government.

"You've got the United Nations who's put out a United Nations Security Council resolution that has a mandate that allows the coalition forces to be here operating in support of this duly elected government on behalf of the Iraqi people," he said. "So when all of a sudden you get somebody like Iran who starts allowing munitions and weaponry and training of extremist elements in their country to come back in to this country, then really it's a whole different situation than what you see there years ago that occurred in Afghanistan."