Iran thrives on the neo-con dream

Anyone who still believes that the US neo-conservatives who led the drive to war in Iraq are diabolically clever, geostrategic masterminds should now consider Iran’s vastly improved position vis-a-vis its US-occupied neighbor.

Not only did Washington knock off Tehran’s arch-foe, Saddam Hussein, as well as the anti-Iranian Taliban in Afghanistan, but, with the near completion of a new constitution that is likely to guarantee a weak central government and substantial autonomy to much of the Shi’ite south, it also appears that Iran’s influence in Iraq – already on the rise after last spring’s inauguration of a pro-Iranian interim government – is set to grow further.