Qods Force In Our Backyard

The ever-vigilant Drifter-5 wrote in with this piece of news:

“”Iran is increasing its paramilitary Qods force operatives in Venezuela while covertly continuing supplies of weapons and explosives to Taliban and other insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Pentagon’s first report to Congress on Tehran’s military.

“The report on Iranian military power provides new details on the group known formally as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), the Islamist shock troops deployed around the world to advance Iranian interests. The unit is aligned with terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, North Africa and Latin America, and the report warns that U.S. forces are likely to battle the Iranian paramilitaries in the future.

“The Qods force “maintains operational capabilities around the world,” the report says, adding that “it is well established in the Middle East and North Africa and recent years have witnessed an increased presence in Latin America, particularly Venezuela.”

“”If U.S. involvement in conflict in these regions deepens, contact with the IRGC-QF, directly or through extremist groups it supports, will be more frequent and consequential,” the report says.”

Well, that’s pretty bad, but at least the Iranian regime isn’t a nest of loons and apocalyptos! I mean, we can count on them for predictable, rational thought, right? Errr, umm, maybe not.

OK, well, at least our administration is 100% on guard, and has no illusions about our adversaries!

Errr, umm, maybe not…