Yep. The White House and the Pentagon (the folks working under Pace) lied to the media again, and the Washington Post and the New York Times fell for it, again.
From the Voice of America, via ThinkProgress.
The top American military officer, General Peter Pace, declined Monday to endorse the conclusions of U.S. military officers in Baghdad, who told reporters on Sunday that the Iranian government is providing high-powered roadside bombs to insurgents in Iraq. General Pace made his comments during a visit to Australia, and VOA's Al Pessin reports from Canberra.Let me also add that Pace is doing a rather courageous thing here, finally standing up for the truth. It's a skill that military leaders have lost over the past six years, and it's nice to finally see someone with the backbone and ethics to refuse to lie about yet another war. Let's hope this isn't the last time.
General Pace said he was not aware of the Baghdad briefing, and that he could not, from his own knowledge, repeat the assertion made there that the elite Quds brigade of Iran's Republican Guard force is providing bomb-making kits to Iraqi Shiite insurgents.
"We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran. What I would not say is that the Iranian government, per se [specifically], knows about this," he said. "It is clear that Iranians are involved, and it's clear that materials from Iran are involved, but I would not say by what I know that the Iranian government clearly knows or is complicit."
