Iranian ambassador, Hassan Kazemi Qumi announced yesterday that they will send military forces into Iraq to help with security. They are also going to establish banks in Iraq.
This is extremely dangerous. They are interferring with the reconstruction of Iraq. Iranian military in Iraq would not just be dangerous to the fragile situation between them and the U.S. but also the Iraqis themselves. The sunnis in Iraq are already fearful of the shi'ites. There is much speculation that Iran is sponsering sectarian violence. We already know they sponser this sort of violence around the world (Hezballah).
The banks could be used as an easy way to front money to terrorists in the country right in front of us.
The United States is sending another carrier to the gulf. There will now be two carriers in the gulf. This decision came before the Iranian announcement yesterday.
President Bush has said Iran needs to stop meddling with Iraqi affairs otherwise we will act "firmly".
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/world/middleeast/29iranians.html?ei=5065&en=edfc17a01def1213&ex=1170738000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
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We "meddled" with Iraq's affairs. What makes it so different for Iran to?
Well for one, while our military goes out of it's way to not act like an "occupation force," our troops still technically "occupy" the area, and thus when push comes to shove we are responsible for some level of security and we decide who gets in and who is fought off at the border. I don't mean to say "we conquered it, it's ours," just that we can be held accountable for what happens there, and I think we'll continue to honor that responsibility even after the troops leave. People in some parts of the world criticized Bush Sr. for "neglecting" Iraq after leaving it in 1991, (which led to leading to the massacre and brutal suppression of resistance forces by Saddam's regime,) so in my opinion it's fair for the US to assert that responsibility.
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