Marvin wrote:
That's the basis for a potential political settlement. The US is looking to Iran (and Syria) for assurances they can head off a civil war between the Sunnis and the Shias and that a Shia-dominated Iraq will be unaligned and still willing to do business with the US after the occupation - in effect, a "Northern Ireland" solution. The Iranians (and Syrians) also have an interest in avoiding a civil war and the resulting regional turmoil and in strengthening their own influence and the resumption of foreign investment in their economies.
We should add that James Baker and Robert Gates are old hands at striking deals with the bazaari bourgeoisie, as obvious from Contragate. I have no doubt, btw, that Democrats like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton see eye to eye with them. -- www.marxmail.org
