At last someone recognizes Dubyas Dominoes.
Arghanistan starts the isolation of Iran and reduces the fundamentalist pressures on Pakistan. Pakistan's moderation further isolates Iran. Iraq's moderation completes the isolation of Iran. After Iraq and Iran are moderated and Iraq's oil starts flowing west again the pressure in on Saudi Arabia. When the Saudis are isolated and their monies are out of the fundamentalist equation the more moderate Lebanon and Syria are left to their own internal struggles.