What? How can anybody be on FR and be so totally uninformed?
How so? Iran is primarily shiite, just as I said. Iran doesn't seem to be our friend, just as I said.
Now I'm well aware that the sunnis are (apparently) the nexus of the insurgency within Iraq, but that doesn't mean that the shiites are our friends. Might I add that Saudi Arabia is fundamentally sunni? Yes, they follow the wahabbist viewpoint - but recall that wahabbism is merely an extreme variation of the sunni position.
Furthermore, if you take a look at Saudi Arabia, you might note that the shiites are a rather unhappy - and, arguably, suppressed - minority within the kingdom. And now, as the shiites across the border in Iraq gain ascendancy, it is entirely possible that Saudi Arabia will be destabilized.
Have you considered the implications of a shiite government in Iraq? Have you looked at the history of relations between Saudi Arabia and its substantial shia minority? Have you considered what instability in Saudi Arabia implies for global oil supplies? Are you aware that the sunnis regard shiites as near-infidels, thus guaranteeing more conflict as the sides realign?
So, tell me, please, what I'm uninformed about.