Originally Posted by Febobo

Well in general I agree, it is good that relations between those two countries stabilize, it is good for the entire region and should thus be in the interest of us all.

Then again Iran is, well... kind of an ennemy of the US as well. So ask yourself the question what does it mean when the "brandnew" "democracy" (IMO it is already a failed state though) in the region gets closer to Iran? I could think of a couple of points there which might not be that positive to the US gvt.

Originally Posted by conformfailure

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/0...i_n_29373.html

How much money did we spend in invading Iraq? How much money did we spend in 'positive' propaganda in Iraq? How many Americans died in Iraq?!

And for what?

For this:



Were we nothing fighting the influence of Iran bleeding into Iraq? Now what?

This is called the Bush Doctrine biting us back in the ass.