When you say "Iran" is providing weapons - do you mean they happen to be Iranian made? Or they are coming directly from the iranian govt?
Iran's Interference in Iraq Still Not Cause for War
In his first press conference since Dec. 20, Bush rejected charges that the United States is trying to implicate Iran's government in contributing to the violence.
"The idea that somehow we're manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs is preposterous," Bush said of claims, including by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that the United States fabricates evidence to justify war.
On Sunday, unnamed U.S. military officials displayed ample evidence that armor-tearing explosive devices found in Iraq had originated in Iran. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace on Monday said that while the materials were definitely Iranian-made, he could not confirm that they had arrived in Iraq on orders of the Iranian government.
"I do not know whether or not the Quds Force was ordered from the top echelons of government. But my point is: What's worse — them ordering it and it happening, or them not ordering it and it's happening?" Bush said, referring to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
"Whether Ahmadinejad ordered the Quds Force to do this, I don't think we know. But we do know that they're there. And I intend to do something about it," he said, adding that the conclusion that the Iranians are involved is not being used as a pretext for war.The president said he will continue to rely on U.N. efforts to deal with Iran as the world tries to convince the Islamic regime to disband its nuclear program. Bush said he wouldn't go to one-on-one talks until Iran makes a positive gesture, like North Korea, to suspend its program.
"If they want us at the table, we're more than willing to come, but there must be a verifiable suspension of this weapons program that is causing such grave concern," he said
