So it seems like the civilians in the Bush administration want to accuse Iran of causing all evil in Iraq, but the generals don’t.

Could that be because the generals realize that sparking a confrontation with Iran could be disastrous for U.S. forces in the region, while the civilians, including Ambassador Khalilzad, say: “Bring ‘em on!’?”

I’ll report—you decide. Both statements are from this week:

Khalilzad:

Iran has got Hizbollah in Lebanon. Iran has got some forces here. There is the possibility they might encourage those forces to create increased instability here.

General Caldwell, spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq:

There is nothing that we definitively have found to say that there are any Iranians operating within the country of Iraq.