Man, I'm pretty sure I called this one earlier this month. Despite all of the yelling on the part of Rummy and Bush, there is no evidence that IEDs in Iraq came from Iran, according to Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff. President George W. Bush said on Monday components from Iran were being used in powerful roadside bombs used in Iraq, and Rumsfeld said last week that Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel had been inside Iraq to stir up trouble. Asked whether the United States has proof that Iran's government was behind these developments, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon briefing, "I do not, sir." I had previously expressed some skepticism about the US's setting the stage for an Iran War, feeling that it was fairly convenient shifting of responsibility for violence. Much like the war in Afghanistan was moved to Iraq, the war in Iraq is being moved to Iran. Now it seems I may have been onto something with that. Of course, simply admitting that there was a hasty conclusion drawn is too uncharacteristic of this administration, so it's time to make a few excuses instead. "As to equipment, unless you physically see it coming in agovernment-sponsored vehicle or with government-sponsored troops, you can't know it," Rumsfeld said. "All you know is that you find equipment, weapons, explosives, whatever, in a country that came from the neighboring country." Well, it is a neighboring country, after all. It's next door and there are almost certainly people in there who don't like the United States. That doesn't mean jack. Now if stuff was coming from India, then that might be serious cause for alarm and an indication that the government might be involved. You can't suddenly make the leap that because some weapons came in from Mexico that are being used in gang violence that the Mexican government is responsible for fighting in the United States. In this case, it's not even full weapons, just components. What components? Well, we don't know, because we haven't even been told where the information came from. I have this image of wires and red buttons being pointed at as proof of something. Rummy then goes on to say that you can't even tell if people are involved from the government because Iranians make a pilgrimage to sites in Iraq (I wonder if that Golden Mosque was on the Shiite's list...). So now all we've got is some people who are from Iran who may not be involved in anything and a few weapons and that's adequate evidence to start up a war with Iran. Honestly, though, that's more than we ever had to go into Iraq. Tags: Iran, Iraq, Bush, Rumsfeld, IEDs, war, military, terrorism