few of your lot amongst them too... 'arguably' ? come off it... they were not in Iranian waters.
Anyway I'm not referring to that I'm referring to the supply of weapons to Shia groups and the deployment of republican guard troops to Iraq both overt incursions near the border and covertly.
I think you mean Revolutionary Guard, and you are right, there were allegations of them crossing the border into Iraq, however there was no engagement with US or British Forces so it cannot really be considered a deployment. Equally we crossed the Iranian border quite often so quid pro quo and all that jazz.
As for weapon supply, you need to also look at both China, South Africa and Russia who directly and indirectly supply the majority of arms to militants, nominally through Syria, Iran and International arms dealers, including British and Israeli nationals.
If we are going to use military intervention to halt or at least impact on weapon supply then we will need to consider just what it is we will accomplish by attacking Iran, because it will be very little without first curtailing the international arms trade that fuels militancy and that would mean addressing other, rather more powerful nations.
I just think that an aggressive foreign policy in Iran at the moment is foolhardy and seems motivated by political issues in Israel rather than any real threat from Iran itself.
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