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Anyone Surprised that Iraq is the "New Iran"?

ApolloSpeaks18 Wrote: Jan 29, 2010 2:19 PM
It follows from Diana's excellent article that Iraq is becoming our New Vietnam with Kho-me-nie as Ho Chi Minh, Baghdad as the New Saigon and Iran as conquering North Vietnam. Warnings of this takeover began during the 04 campaign when Iraq and Vietnam, because of John Kerry, became burning issues; and this warning was especially strong during the last presidential campaign with candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Hillary was born on the day that Great Britain withdrew its forces from Iraq; and 20 years later to that date, October 26, 1967, John McCain was taken prisoner by North Vietnam where he suffered in a hell whole for years. Iran's conquest of Iraq is Providential however. Like our setback in Vietnam, which proved...

"The real danger in Iraq is Iran. It controls Iraq with a firm fist." So said Iraqi parliamentarian Ayad Jamal Aldin to Bloomberg.com last month in London. "It was through (Grand Ayatollah Ali) al-Sistani that Iran was able to invade Iraq."

"Could you please elaborate on that?" I asked Aldin this week in Washington, D.C., where the leader of the new anti-corruption Ahrar Party was making the rounds. This point -- that post-Saddam, post-surge Iraq (initial thanks to top cleric and Iranian citizen al-Sistani) is effectively a satellite of Iran -- goes against the victory-narrative of the policymakers and pundits who...

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