Iran,Iraq, and Us
Excellent Interview
We should not be losing. I don't mean militarily, where reports seem to suggest we're doing okay, with the Iraqi Brigades doing alright. Our problems, increasingly are coming from organizations co-opted by the Iranians and their Revolutionary Guard.
The interview lays out exactly what needs to be done. 1. Hit them. I know we can get intelligence on where these guys are crossing the border with their weapons and money. Task spec-ops teams with hitting these transports. What are the Iranians gonna do complain? (Ray, if you're reading this. Gimme a comment on how you think our guys might organize such an operation.)
Iranian Ambassador to the UN: "We'd like to file a formal complaint. The Americans are killing our agents running guns and money into Iraq, stopping our efforts to overthrow the UN sanctioned government."
Actually, given the UN, that might work.
Step 2, also outlined in the Interview: Start doing our own co-opting. I know I know, the worst of the left will bitch and moan. But since they are doing that already anyway, who cares? CIA will have to be careful as they do this, but they technically have the experience. They did, after all, manage to keep Italy non-communist, by funding non-communist parties and instructing them on how to win elections against the parties who were owned by the Soviets. (that comes to mind particularly because I was reading Playboy's interview with William Colby, former director of CIA, thanks for letting me borrow that Adam)
The interview mentions Poland as an example of how we can undermine Iran, but I think we did a pretty poor job supporting Solidarity. We flew in a few printing presses, and money to run them. But that's it. We need to do a full court press on the Ayatollahs. Labor unions, peaceful demonstration groups, opposition political groups, they all need money, printing presses, methods of organizing. otherwise they'll get shut down. Sat phones, printing presses, internet servers, and money to operate them, they are all cheaper than a few guided bunker busters.
We should not be losing. I don't mean militarily, where reports seem to suggest we're doing okay, with the Iraqi Brigades doing alright. Our problems, increasingly are coming from organizations co-opted by the Iranians and their Revolutionary Guard.
The interview lays out exactly what needs to be done. 1. Hit them. I know we can get intelligence on where these guys are crossing the border with their weapons and money. Task spec-ops teams with hitting these transports. What are the Iranians gonna do complain? (Ray, if you're reading this. Gimme a comment on how you think our guys might organize such an operation.)
Iranian Ambassador to the UN: "We'd like to file a formal complaint. The Americans are killing our agents running guns and money into Iraq, stopping our efforts to overthrow the UN sanctioned government."
Actually, given the UN, that might work.
Step 2, also outlined in the Interview: Start doing our own co-opting. I know I know, the worst of the left will bitch and moan. But since they are doing that already anyway, who cares? CIA will have to be careful as they do this, but they technically have the experience. They did, after all, manage to keep Italy non-communist, by funding non-communist parties and instructing them on how to win elections against the parties who were owned by the Soviets. (that comes to mind particularly because I was reading Playboy's interview with William Colby, former director of CIA, thanks for letting me borrow that Adam)
The interview mentions Poland as an example of how we can undermine Iran, but I think we did a pretty poor job supporting Solidarity. We flew in a few printing presses, and money to run them. But that's it. We need to do a full court press on the Ayatollahs. Labor unions, peaceful demonstration groups, opposition political groups, they all need money, printing presses, methods of organizing. otherwise they'll get shut down. Sat phones, printing presses, internet servers, and money to operate them, they are all cheaper than a few guided bunker busters.
1 Comments:
Kyle,
I think you are right on this issue. The most effective way of fighting Iran, is to give them a taste of their own medicine. Iran has enough dissidents inside their country that if properly funded could create a real problem for them. Well at least divert some of their moeny away from making Nukes.
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