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I agree with you 100%. I've come more and more to view Iraq as key to the region, certainly not Iran, with one caveat: Iran must be made to understand that further support of terrorism is unacceptable and it must be deprived of its aspirations for WMD soon, simply because it is so close to fully developing them. IMO, this is unlikely to occur without force.

Other than that, the devil with them. They're not Arabs. They're not predominantly Sunni. They are predominantly Shiite, however, and therefore will never be reliable allies in this fight against islamic terrorism.

I'm very, very pleased with the outcome in Iraq. It's quite a prize and I think it'll be viewed by historians as the turning point in our war against terrorism. Iran is almost a footnote.

BTW, does anybody know if it is true that Ghengis Khan wiped out all the original Persians? In other words, there are no real Persians left today; all the so-called Persians of today are really the descendants of invaders and other interlopers. (Well, that was a topic of discussion a few months ago, but I never saw the conclusion of it. Sounds a bit unlikely to me. Just wonder if it was ever settled to anyone's satisfaction.)

"I agree with you 100%. I've come more and more to view Iraq as key to the region, certainly not Iran, with one caveat: Iran must be made to understand that further support of terrorism is unacceptable and it must be deprived of its aspirations for WMD soon, simply because it is so close to fully developing them. IMO, this is unlikely to occur without force"

Actually, we also must never forget that Iran WANTS to be key.

As a seperate race, the Persians may be diluted, but so are all races when you get down to it. Races are nothing more than a designation for breeds of the same species, after all. However, the Persians are still very, VERY much with us today.