Yahoo! News - Money from Iran Fuels Iraq Insurgency -Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Money and people channeled from Iran fuel the insurgency in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview published on Wednesday.

"They have put people in there. They have put money in there," Rumsfeld said in an interview with The Washington Times. "By 'they,' I'm not going to say which element of the government or whether it's even known to the government. But money has come in from Iran. People have come in from Iran."

He gave no further details. Iran has denied previous charges of meddling in Iraq.

Rumsfeld said it was "a very difficult thing to stop" because Iran has shown by its behavior that it is "not part of the civilized world."

Denigrate the people first. Good set-up for an excuse to start another war.

But he said other countries are not willing to join in pressuring Tehran to change.

"And when you have countries of the world that are not willing to participate in an organized effort to try to persuade a country to behave in a civilized way, it encourages them simply to continue on its merry way. And that's a problem," Rumsfeld said.

Ooops! Slam the rest of the world, too! You just blew the coalition there, Don! That statement can be applied to the US also. It's no wonder people think we are arrogant. I'll doubt we will ever get anyone to help us again with this attitude.