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I Correct My Guest-Blogger’s Obvious Naivete

13 Responses to “I Correct My Guest-Blogger’s Obvious Naivete”

1. Comment by Anonymous Government Official —
   February 16, 2007 @ 12:17 am

   You’re 100% correct, sir. From Iran. No doubt about it.

2. Comment by BruceR —
   February 16, 2007 @ 12:43 am

   If Saudi Arabia starts running arms to the gorillas, though, then we’re really screwed.

3. Comment by Jon H —
   February 16, 2007 @ 12:43 am

   “Private, identify that ordnance!”

   “Mr. President, Sir! Explosively-formed nutcracker, sir. Iranian. 40mm. Proximity fuse. Flint, chipped, grey, SIR!”

   “Good work, son, we’ll get those evildoers who flew planes into our buildings.”

   “Uh… Yes SIR!”

4. Comment by ran —
   February 16, 2007 @ 12:52 am

   heh, indeed.

5. Comment by Thoreau —
   February 16, 2007 @ 1:01 am

   If a million monkeys bang away on keyboards, one of them will eventually type a memo saying that they got their tools from Austria.

6. Comment by Richard Silverstein —
   February 16, 2007 @ 3:54 am

   You folks just gave me the greatest belly laugh! Thanks. It was just the kind that or slahsing satire Billmon used to provide (sniffle, sniffle).

7. Comment by wade —
   February 16, 2007 @ 4:38 am

   I reckon those damn pesky seperatist gorillas are behind this one..

8. Comment by wade —
   February 16, 2007 @ 4:40 am

   i meant guerillas

9. Comment by Eric Martin —
   February 16, 2007 @ 9:25 am

   Hilarious.

10. Comment by Moose —
    February 16, 2007 @ 4:03 pm

    Hmm… while I like the humor, I’m wondering here… are people actually doubting that weapons from Iran are showing up in the hands of Iraqi Shiite militias? Am I just missing the facetiousness of the comments, or…?
    I mean, I’ve got two friends who just came back from Iraq a few months ago, and they said it was common knowledge while they were there (that IEDs and munitions were coming from Iran), and were kind of amazed it took so long for the press to catch on. Al-Sadr is back in Iran right now, since his private genocidal army is (finally) being destroyed. Apparently, he goes back and forth all the time. If Iran wasn’t supporting the militias, why would they allow him such freedom of movement within their territory?
    Well, 800 .50 caliber sniper rifles are sold to Iran by Steyr… and over 1/8th of that sale has already been recovered in Iraq… nevermind the shaped armor penetrator explosives and advanced IEDs. How many more have yet to be recovered? How about Iran comes out and shows their full inventory of 800, to prove they aren’t providing them to Iraqi militias? I have trouble believing that a harsh authoritarian regime opperated with the ruthlessness that the mullahs have shown in their decades in power would have let any such weapons out of their control.
    Now, I don’t know about you, but if Iran’s government is not supplying these directly to the Shiite militias, then they have some pretty friggin’ awful inventory control of very dangerous, state-owned weapons.
    Assuming you are willing to believe that, then what does that say for Iran having hundreds of kilograms of highly-enriched uranium in a few years? Poor inventory control of that (or intentional giving of it to someone like, Hezbollah, their Lebanese faction) could result in the deaths of millions.
    Anyone think Iran would shed a single tear for a dirty bomb or nuke going off in Israel, or one of the Sunni nations?
    After Nasrallah publically admitted that Hezbollah receives their funding and weapons from Iran, often via Syria, in a recent interview, do you still think Iran is the innocent neighbor?

11. Comment by Jim Henley —
    February 16, 2007 @ 4:17 pm

    Moose: Professional colleagues of your friends have busted EFP machine shops in Baghdad. The “inventory control” gambit is today’s hawkish talking point from Jonah Goldberg and, while amusingly bravura, no more compelling than any other argument from such sources. The rest of your item I will try to get to later, but – quick question: has Centcom had a press conference where they piled up those hundred sniper rifles for everyone to look at, or have they just claimed to have them?

12. Comment by Jim Henley —
    February 16, 2007 @ 4:57 pm

    Ooh – Steyr-Mannlicher says “If it was really our rifles, the US sure is acting funny.”

13. Comment by Dave W. —
    February 17, 2007 @ 6:59 am

    William Jefferson, Congressman from Lousiana, had money in his freezer that was intended to make the Nigerian Vice President buy tools (specifically broadband) from a US company.

    Fill in the snark yourself.

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