U.S. Ties Iran to Deadly Iraq Attack - New York Times

U.S. Ties Iran to Deadly Iraq Attack - New York Times: "Iranian operatives helped plan a January raid in Karbala in which five American soldiers were killed, an American military spokesman in Iraq said today.
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Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, the military spokesman, also said that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has used operatives from the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah as a “proxy” to train and arm Shiite militants in Iraq."

The most constructive use of this information right now would be a limited surgical air strike at a Revolutionary Guard camp in Iran that can be tied to these activities. If this can be accomplished under multinational auspices, all the better. Iran has run proxy wars against Western interests for decades -- if a message were sent that we were prepared to use military force against them for this, it would put a lot more teeth in a sanctions program regarding their nuclear capability, and might bring us to a happy ending on the nuclear front (right now it is going in the opposite direction). It couldn't get much worse -- the Iranians historically run to negotiation and settlement when confronted with a resolute foe. We must prove to them that we ARE resolute, and willing to bring our forces against their homeland in defense of our own. the practical utility of sending this message now cannot be overstated.