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Picked out by Michael Ledeen over at Pajamas Media:

Note to Secretary Gates, General Petraeus, and Admiral Mullen:

Our refusal to see the big war that we are actually fighting is making your commanders in the field very nervous. In another one of those little stories that appear just once and then vanish into the pit of Newspeak, General Odierno pointed out that the Iranians are still after our guys in Iraq, and we are making things easier for them.

The U.S. military is beefing up security around its bases in Iraq in anticipation of Iranian-backed militants looking to score propaganda points by attacking American soldiers leaving the country, the U.S. commander said Tuesday.

Gen. Ray Odierno said the Iranian threat to U.S. forces has increased as Tehran looks to boost its political and economic influence in Iraq in the face of a decreasing U.S. military presence…

So much for engagement.

Iran is governed by a wicked regime lead by evil men. They desire power and wealth for themselves and are absolutely ruthless in their pursuit of same. This is not some new, never-seen-before thing – it is what some men have chosen to do ever since a man found out that he could kill, wound and oppress his way to being on top. It will continue to be the way some men behave until the Last Day, when all will be set right and we won’t have to deal with such men again for all eternity. Until that time, we have to look at the world through realistic eyes.

In other words, not through the eyes of liberal ideologues who don’t think that evil even exists, let alone that there are men who delight in doing evil.

The leaders of Iran are determined to take advantage of our flabby response to their nuclear program as well as our clear desire to cut out of the middle east militarily. They have taken the measure of the man, Obama, and realize that killing Americans is a low-risk activity, while doing so can increase their political leverage in Iraq and throughout the middle east. A couple dozen dead Americans on the way out of Iraq can and would be spun in the Islamist world as Iran kicking us out of Iraq.

The biggest mistake President Bush made was to not take military action against Iran when he not only had the chance, but had the justification for it. It was known fairly early on in the Iraq anti-insurgency campaign that Iran was a primary sponsor of the Iraqi terrorists. Once again, American arms were pitting against a cruel foe who had a safe haven. On a smaller scale, it was Vietnam and Korea all over again – once again, American leaders were adverse to applying America’s full power against armed enemies. Obama is just worse in that not only is he unwilling to apply full force, but he seems all too willing to give up even the minimal force we have been applying.

A serious policy regarding Iran must include the prospect of war with Iran. And I’m not talking merely bombing attacks – if pressed to it we must be willing to declare war on Iran, invade the country, conquer it and impose unconditional surrender upon the Iranian leaders. This is not to say that it must come out that way, but it is to say that we must be willing to do – and let everyone know that we are willing to do it, with deeds and not just words.

Obama’s policies are now storing up blood to be spilled in the future. An emboldened Iran will increase its efforts to strike at us – one day, we’ll have to get serious about Iran, and I hope its not after they have nuclear weapons and the ability to strike us here at home.