Bush and Karzai held a joint news conference yesterday. Karzai had told CNN that the Iranians were helpful to his Afghan government. Bush said they were not forces for good. Who should we believe?
Karzai, of course. Iran is Afghanistan's western neighbor. Many Afghans have relatives in Iran and frequently cross back and forth for business and family. Furthermore, many Afghans speak Farsi.
Consider that the Iranians helped defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan after the U.S. invasion in 2002. Taliban are not favorites of Iran and the Persians. Taliban are Sunni Muslims, the Iranians are mostly Shiites. Iran is not looking to have a hotbed of Sunni Taliban radicals on its eastern frontier.
Bush says Iran is a enemy. Karzai says Iran is a friend. Imagine the destabilization of Afghanistan if Bush attacked Iran.
We know Bush is a myopic bully, but would he really be that reckless?
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