Confronting Iran

“The Problem With Confronting Iran” by Tony Karon appears to be a well-written and informative article, overall.

Intention is defined as a determination or resolve to act in a certain. It implies something that is tangible an attainable. According to Karon’s article, the intention of the Bush Administration is to keep Iran and its government out of Iraq and its affairs, both political and domestic.

Iraqi Sunni leaders agree with Bush’s accusations of Iran “meddling” in the affairs of Iraq but the Shi’ite and Kurdish leaders in the Iraqi government do not share this opinion. According to Karon’s article, the Shi’ite and Kurdish parties “have close ties with Iran forged during years of exile and warfare.”1 Iraqi’s foreign minister, Hayshar Zebari and other Kurdish leaders are demanding the immediate release of five Iranian officials who were arrested in the Kurdish city of Erbil.

Consequence is defined as something produced by a cause or a following of a set of conditions. “While U.S. officials talk about curbing meddling and saying the men arrested were part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard armed forces,”2 the U.S. apparently did not foresee the consequences of this act of arresting these Iranian officials. This arrest