David Petraeus: Iran more of a threat than ISIL

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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/petraeus-iraq-iran-islamic-state-116255.html


David Petraeus: Iran more of a threat than ISIL

By Nick Gass

3/20/15 7:52 AM EDT

Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus says the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is not the biggest threat facing the United States in Iraq.

“In fact, I would argue that the foremost threat to Iraq’s long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State; rather, it is Shiite militias, many backed by — and some guided by — Iran,” Petraeus said in written comments to The Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief, Liz Sly.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/petraeus-iraq-iran-islamic-state-116255.html#ixzz3UvoA5Nxl

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Petraeus just played into the Left's hands with this one.