I just found this article that pretty much lays out my view that Iran is not arming the insurgency except indirectly and has less control over Iraq's future than the United States. As for Iran sending delegates and aggents there to monitor the situation, well, for Christ's sake, they have every right to do so! This war is on their doorstep, they can't remain neutral even if they wanted to, they must not let this war rage into their borders which it could easily do, they cannot trust the United States who has been threatening them with war, and they're supposed to sit there and keep out of it and express no interest or it automatically means they are deeply involved in it and essentially control the situation. I mean, come on.

Arresting Iranians within Iraq's borders is basically pointless. It will neither prove nor accomplish a thing. Iran has no reason to enmesh itself very deeply in this war but it has to closely watch the situation to keep it from spilling over their borders. They may be backing a horse or two there but so what? That's what you do in international politics, you back your horse. It's what the U.S. should have done instead of invading unilaterally. It would have been a chance for the U.S. and Iran to talk. If both wanted Saddam gone, let's arm and train some Shia militias we both trust, bring in foreign fighters we both trust, establish supply and communication lines, let's bring him down and then let's talk about what we want to see in Saddam's place (although it is still unexplained as to why the U.S. ever wanted to bring Saddam down when he was the perfect counterbalance to an emerging Iran and vice-versa). That way, Iran is happy, the U.S. is happy, everybody's happy.

Demonizing every little thing about Iran is bullshit and totally unproductive. It is chasing a shadow while ignoring the true enemy who cares little about Iran right now. Thinking that attacking or subduing Iran is going halt the insurgency in Iraq would be catastrophic beyond all belief. It would merely be throwing water on a grease fire. The United States needs to admit that it is the sole cause of the situation there--not Iran--and act accordingly to change that situation.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1615582,00.html