Yeah, Rumsfeld is an idiot, no real revelations there. But the New Yorker article had some other ugly news as well:
"...the religious government in Tehran is now backing Iraq in the war. There isn't any Arab fighting group on the ground in Iraq who is with the United States," he saidA former U.S. intelligence officer put it this way: "The Syrians are coordinating with the Turks to screw us in the north to cause us problems." He added, "Syria and the Iranians agreed that they could not let an American occupation of Iraq stand."
The thought of Iran, Syria, and Turkey all working together is mind-boggling. And god knows what the Kurds are going to do once they're set loose. I don't think Turkey would wait around to find out, either.
Posted by mikewang on 09:40 AM