US power fades, it can’t find friends to take on Iran

Washington has exaggerated Tehran’s capabilities and intentions in Iraq. It is confused and frustrated
Jonathan Steele . Friday February 2, 2007 . The Guardian
Is the US… merely rattling its cage, as it pretends still to be a power in the region in spite of being locked into an unwinnable war in Iraq? The only certainty is that Bush’s strategy of calling for democratisation in the Middle East is over.

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