Off the axis - Iran is destined to play a role in Iraq
Because of geography and the tie of Shiism, Iran is destined to play a role in Iraq. The U.S. might as well work toward making that role a positive one rather than a destructive one.
Iran's interests, in fact, are in some ways parallel to America's. Iran would not benefit from an Iraqi collapse into total anarchy, or from a wider sectarian war. Right now, Iran and the Sunni regime of Saudi Arabia, one of America's traditional allies in the region, have been trying to mediate a settlement in Lebanon. The U.S. should look for opportunities to expand that sort of common-sense approach to include Iraq as well. This would not bolster Mr. Ahmadinejad so much as it would bolster the chances for a peaceful resolution of the war in Iraq - and surely that should be America's primary goal.
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