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April 17, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-642396,00.html

This Changes the Map of the Middle East Forever

(London Times) Malcolm Rifkind - The people who will be most nervous, at present, will be the Iranians. For them, the creation of an American protectorate in Iraq, following the American protectorate in Afghanistan, and accompanied by a U.S. military presence in Pakistan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and the Gulf, results in an Iran that has become encircled by the Great Satan. The downside of this could be an acceleration of the Iranian nuclear program to ensure that Washington will never dare invade. If the Americans want to counter this, the key will be the cooperation of the Russians who should be worried about the prospects of a nuclear Iran on their border.

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