Iran and Iraq Together Again For the Very First Time
In a discussion over at The Left Coaster I offered the suggestion that the recently announced alliance between Iran and Iraq could give the American left lots to cheer about: increased stability in Iraq improving the lives of the people and allowing us to bring our troops home AND Bush and the neocons coming out of it looking horrible! Steve Soto asked for some further elaboration, and here is what I came up with.
I think that the Iraqi government is starting to recognize that the United States is not capable of giving them security in either the short- or long-term. While they are happy that they are now in power and not Saddam, they don't see any road to stability in their country that involves the US. They will either find their own way to democracy, which the presence of US troops complicates, or they will find a new strongman.
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