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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bill who wrote (217869)2/12/2007 11:27:42 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Define the "enemy". Most (3 out of 4) US casualties are at the hands of Sunni insurgents. They are supported by Saudi, Egypt, and Jordan (see the latest NIE). The administration calls these countries moderate Arab states who are our allies. So the US is not going to cut off these supplies, just as surely as a knife does not cut its own handle.

The Shia militias are mostly supported by the Iraqi government, because hey, the Iraqi government is formed by Shia militias.

Iran supports some (not all) Shia factions. The extent of such weapons and/or official support for their export is very unclear. More likely Iran sends them money and they buy their own arms through open markets.

BTW, do you remember how many tons of *high explosives* were left unguarded after the fall of Saddam and were later stolen? I guess you are seeing them in action now.
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