Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Will Iran Win the Iraq War?

Reuel Marc Gerecht writing for the Wall Street Journal provides keen insight into the Iranian attempts to influence next months Iraq elections.
The strongest trump playing in favor of America and against Iran is Iraqi nationalism. ...

The Iraqi Shia retain enormous bitterness toward the U.S. for the failure of President George H.W. Bush to aid them during the great rebellion of '91, when the Shiites and Kurds rose up against Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War. Tens of thousands of Shiites were slaughtered. But this bitterness also extends to Iran's clerical regime, which did virtually nothing to help their Iraqi "brethren." ... more
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