Vice President Dick Cheney is reportedly urging President Bush to confront Iran directly by launching airstrikes at suspected Iranian training camps inside Iraq run by the Quds Force, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. According to the McClatchy newspapers, Cheney made the proposal several weeks ago, but the idea was opposed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. On Thursday President Bush warned Iran that it would face consequences if they continue to arm and train insurgents in Iraq.

President Bush: “One of the main reasons that I asked Ambassador Crocker to meet with Iranians inside Iraq was to send the message that there will be consequences for people transporting, delivering EFPs, highly sophisticated IEDs that kill Americans in Iraq. Prime Minister Maliki is visiting in Tehran today. His message, I’m confident, will be stabilize, don’t destabilize. And the sending of weapons into Iraq is a destabilizing factor.”