[Zipporah]

The biggest problem as I see it, is the Iranian influence on the Shittes.. Seems they are 'hell bent' on taking over Iraq .. much to the chagrin of the Assyrian Christians, Kurds, Sunnis, etc etc etc.

[n1f2ns]

The people of Iraq are scared about what the American's will do inside their country, because they have been told for the last 30 years that the American's and her supporters are Satan. In order to change this false view of the United States and the west we need to educate the Iraqi people about how America works and how a true democracy works.

[BunnySlippers]

And yet there is a strong element in Iranian society that wants to drop their theocracy. There have been times in recent years that it looked like Iran may throw off it's shackles.