I Just Realized We’re in a Proxy War with Iran and Syria

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I Just Realized We’re in a Proxy War with Iran and Syria

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 | Middle East |

So this war in Iraq. This confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. I just realized we’re in a proxy war with Iran. And Syria, to a lesser degree.

Iran and Syria have armed Hezbollah with some 14,000 rockets. A Hezbollah soldier tells Reuters he trained in Iran and arrived there on a flight from Syria. It’s long been said that Iran was supplying and manning the Iraq resistance.

So we’re in a proxy war with Iran and probably Syria. It’s worth remembering that as news comes out of the Middle East.