tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post117067566132941560..comments2024-01-26T23:15:06.335+02:00Comments on Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe: How to make an IED - Lancastrians beware.Toby - Northern Light Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342195033125549912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24900977.post-1170702290019284792007-02-05T21:04:00.000+02:002007-02-05T21:04:00.000+02:00Thanks Toby for the follow up. For starter, one of...Thanks Toby for the follow up. <BR/><BR/>For starter, one of the articles specifically stated that the Iranians build weaponry that is difficult to to trace. That in itself is reason enough to conclude that they do it for a purpose. I have yet to hear whether Iraq's old arsenol was founded on the same principles.<BR/><BR/>Second of all, since I don't hail from the school of moral relativism, I can't get all lathered up over the "justness" of Iranian intell in Iraq, possibly mimicking a hyperthetical response by the Brits to a Russian invasion of France.<BR/><BR/>Seeing that the Iranians could care less for all of Iraq's citizens, (just the minority segment of the majority Shi'ia population. The Sunni Kurds and Arabs a fodder as far as they are concerned) but I would assume that the Brits would not feel about the same French. Or am I assuming too much :-) <BR/><BR/>Thirdly, that US soldiers are being killed due to the Iranian version of the Ho Min trail, (according to the rules of war) all bets are off, with Iran opening itself up to some justifiable air pounding. How that would play out I'll leave to the experts. Michael Rubin's article at the MEForum has an angle.<BR/><BR/>http://www.meforum.org/article/1071<BR/><BR/>As for the eveidential glove, has anybody given a plausable explantion over the Iraqi convoy that headed out from Iraq into Syria just prior to the resuming of hostilities with Iraq? I know that was a hot subject while I was visiting the Israeli MFA back in the winter of 2004. Hmmmmm, as I recall, the northern sector of the Bekaa valley was mentioned as being under serious scrutiny by the Israelis.<BR/><BR/>You are welcome for the links, I can't say that they prove decisively one way or the other, but then, haven't civil cases been decided with less. :-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers- KGSKGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09743739958015568193noreply@blogger.com