Spy vs Spy

Iraqi Official Seeks Release of Iranians

US Says:

"The U.S. military said the five Iranians detained last week in the Kurdish-controlled northern city of Irbil were connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that funds and arms insurgents in Iraq. It was the second U.S. raid targeting Iranians in Iraq in less than a month."

Iran Says:

``Their job was basically consular, official and in the framework of regulations,'' Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday. ``What the Americans express was incorrect and hyperbole against Iran in order to justify their acts.''

We will not be so crass as to put money on the official start date of the US War with Iran but we will say three things: we are afraid it is when not if; its a really, really bad idea; and this little skirmish is all part of the process.

What is Congress doing about this?

President Bush: Meet Walter Jones
by Patrick J. Buchanan - January 16, 2007

The day after Bush’s threat to Iran, Jones introduced a Joint Resolution, “Concerning the Use of Military Force by the United States Against Iran.” Under HJR 14, “Absent a national emergency created by attack by Iran, or a demonstrably imminent attack by Iran, upon the United States, its territories, possessions or its armed forces, the president shall consult with Congress, and receive specific authorization pursuant to law from Congress, prior to initiating any use of force on Iran.”

Jones’ resolution further declares, “No provision of law enacted before the date of the enactment of this joint resolution shall be construed to authorize the use of military force by the United States against Iran.”

If we are going to war on Iran, Jones is saying, we must follow the Constitution and Congress must authorize it.

[Queenie's Daughter shakes her head] "We are so screwed."