Stabilizing the Middle East

Posted by Moonage on 25 Jul 2005 | Tagged as: International Politics

The new Iraqi government’s decision to strike cooperative agreements with neighboring Iran shouldn’t necessarily sound alarms, but such reports should be watched closely as a potential harbinger of political winds in the region, say military and cultural experts who spoke with FOXNews.com.

Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari met with senior Iranian leaders President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i and outgoing President Mohammed Khatami. In the meeting with Khatami, the two sides pledged to work together to restore stability to the region.

Regardless of the US’s opinion of the Irani leadership right now, this is a big move.  This is probably the biggest move since Hussein was ousted.  The Iraq-Iran conflict of 1980-1988 is what led to the US’s involvement in Iraq.  The chain of events because of that conflict compelled the US to take a side, whether it wanted to or not.  Neither side turned out to be much of an option.  Iraq having open dialogue with Iran is a real asset for the US, since the Europeans can’t seem to deal with them very well either.  Iran and Iraq working together can do more to stabilize all of the Middle East than anything the US might offer.  This is big folks, this is real big.

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