[Tallguy]

Since it looks like Iraq just isn’t going to be stable in the next 15 years and it’s going to be more an ally of Iraq than the US and it’s not going to be an example of a democracy to the Muslims, we are looking to minimize our failure.

I think that you meant to say "Iran". If that was your intention, then I disagree. Iran & Iraq will probably never be allies, the historical emnity is too great... even for the Iraqi Shia. I do agree with the rest of your statement about "minimizing failure" though I might use slightly different terminology.

[Philly Nomad]

Thanks for the catch, but there’s been some disturbing incidences between the Elected Government and Iran. While they might not become US&Britain close, the Shia of Iraq and Iranian Mullahs have the same goals, Get rid of the Kurds, Get rid of Al-Queada, beat up sunni’s, blame Israel for everything.

If Iran plays it’s cards right, and with their BFF China helping out, Iran can be the big winner in all of this.