why not shoot a few missles at the plants making the IEDs in Iran?

ATTACK IRAN.

Time for another Regime Change. This time we hit the correct target (Iran).

Isn't it time those that use proxy forces on other nations started paying a heavy price

Are these the same "military experts" that claimed Saddam had WMD's?

Ok we're in Iraq for the wrong reasons, however Iran attacking US forces is an act of WAR! ...Where's the presidentialguts to stop Iran? Lets get some economical sanctions going first and move on this issue...oh sorry I forgot getting oil out of Iran is too difficult.

It's no different than us providing Iraq with chemical and other weapons to fight the Iranians, we've made our bed now we have to lie in it. We aren't going to go to war with Iran, and aside from war there is no way to stop it.

How about we bring the troops out of Iraq so Iranian made IED's can't harm them? That's really the only way.

"Today U.S. officials said the presentation of evidence against Iran by U.S. military officials in Iraq would be delayed until next week or possible the week after due to concerns over revealing sensitive intelligence."

Either that, or once again they're trying to cook the books.

"We're not simply going to stand by and let people bring sophisticated IEDs into the country that can disable an Abrams tank, and give them a free pass,".

You wanna bet? What are we going to do? Our fearless leaders have destroyed any credibility we once enjoyed with the rest of the world when we decided to phoney up the evidence to get us into Iraq.

"A very strong warning from the Secretary of Defense"???

Gee, that must have them shaking. Why don't we threaten to send them the Cabinet from the Bush administration (past and present)? That'll make them think twice.

why not send in tomahawk missles into these shops

I agree with the logic that if Iran is supplying the Iraqi insurgency with the weaponry that is used to kill US soldiers, then Iran must be confronted directly by the US. Using that same logic, when the conflict with Iran does occure, if Russia is supplying Iran with the weaponry that is used to kill US soldiers, then Russia must be confronted directly by the US. It seems that the End of Days prophecy is unfolding before our eyes.

IF this is true, then there is no choice but to attack them.

1. While it may be true, I don't believe the "intelligence" anymore. We lost that credibility... Sort of like the boy who cried wolf too many times. I'm sure if the Iranians were fighting in Canada we'd be sending bombs over the border, too. It's not cool, but the only thing to do is get out and let everyone over there figure it out themselves. More US soldiers are going to die, and for what? The Iranian people don't all hate us, but they will fight harder than the Iraqis if we go in there, and we'll really see something hit the fan. Most of us want the war over, and there would be no support to invade or attack Iran...giving them more reason to attack us here and abroad. What a mess.

Unfortunately Iran has us at a disadvantage and they know it. Launching a limited military strike against their border region in retaliation will not slow them down; in fact it will achieve the opposite goal. Invasion is out of the question unless we initiate a general military call-up, and direct this country's entire military and economic might to the defeat of Iran and the destruction of its armed forces (something that SHOULD have been done in Iraq from Day 1, thank you Mr Rumsfeld).

So, what are we prepared to do? Sanctions? Check. Diplomatic and political pressure? Double check. None of these has had any effect thus far. Since we haven't got any other leverage to use against them, what's left?

That's most likely the question that's bouncing around the Pentagon right now. How far are we willing to go? What forms of punishment are we willing to consider, and what forms are "off the table"?

Carpet bomb a bomb making plant...

If it doesn't stop within a week, bomb another one...

...Then take a city.

Terrorists need to be so afraid of retaliation they wouldn't even think of terrorizing us.

So how much did we spend to develop the armour of the Abrams? Now we find out that simple shaped charges (invented in the 1920s) can cut thru them like butter??

I bet that wasn't in the brochure.

Yes, and these are the same idiots that said Saddam had 'thousand of deep underground bunkers', 'missile-capable' UAVs, 'mobile biological laboratories', and 'uranium from Niger'.

DON'T YOU PEOPLE GET IT? THIS IS FALSE PROPAGANDA AIMED AT GETTING THE UNITED STATES INTO A CONFLICT WITH IRAN!

We need to stand up and DEMAND that this ludicrous cycle STOP. The neo-conservative wackos that have plunged the world into near total chaos must be removed from power. Vote wisely in 2008... your votes in 2006 were only part of what we need for peace.

In the Middle East an insurgency supplied and supported by a country or countries has never lost. Look at what the U.S. did to the Russians in Afghanistan. For the U.S. to win in Iraq, congress and the President must stop referring to this as the Iraq conflict but understand it is a regional conflict. Iraq will never become an independent stable Government unless the U.S. can stop other nations from supporting the opposition.

Yes, let's attack Iran.

That way, when we get our hat handed to us like in Iraq perhaps we can start acting like a civilized nation.

""We're not simply going to stand by and let people bring sophisticated IEDs into the country that can disable an Abrams tank, and give them a free pass," said Gates."

Why don't the war mongering idiots build Abrams tanks that can actually withstand shrapnel. I mean, isn't this the purpose of a TANK?

Keep in mind that anyone who supports those in conflict with arms is either doing it for the money or self preservation. It's obvious to me that Iran is doing it for both. Unless we mend our ties with that nation we will always be seen as a threat. Also remember like many nations out there looking to make a buck, America has its sordid history here with arms support as well.