There have been lots of speeches on the subject. MSM isn't interested in letting the word get out.
Important to note that Iran is only 51 percent Persian. The rest is Arab, Turkmen, Kurds, with a few Pashtun. The current Shia-Persian overlords use the machinery of established religion to oppress the minorities.
Iraq, as a non-religious democracy is the worst possible threat to the Iran clerics. The Iranian clerics provide millions of support to Sadr and his nutty religious fanatics.
It may be helpful to remember that Bin Ladin's son is in Iran, and Bin Laden himself may also be there, with his communications under control.
The first Iraq war was against Saddam. The NYT is now complaining about the WMD information that we seized from him was made available on the internet.
The second Iraq war was against Al Queda and Baathist dead enders.
The third Iraq war is not being fought against Shia traitors in the pay of Iran.
This stuff is war. It is always hard. It is tremendously important. We must win.
Bump.
It is important that Iran is also a multinational state, a fact that is never reported on. Given the historical antagonism between Arabs and Persians, between the Turks and the Persians, the quwstion is to what extent religion is the critical matter, whether it is binding enough to hold the state together.