Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Bush is trying to get his man in place. And from the following excerpt Bush seems to want a secular constitution-based monarchy.

The ousted prince also said that should the Ayatollahs be removed from their post, he would be willing to take on any role offered to him, including a senior position as part of a secular constitution-based monarchy.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/588357.html

I don’t think military action after the mess in Iraq is high up on the agenda. However, Bush would use Special Forces (#msg-6570194) along with the Kurds and/or Arabs against the Iranians.

To this end the United States is training 20,000 Kurds to oppose Iran and it seems also Azerbaijanis. If Bush can add the Arabs to this group he might be able to come up with a formidable force to oppose Iran with little of our own troop involvement

Reference:

Where the details of the operation with the participation of Azerbaijanis against Iran are being considered.
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Dividing the Arabs is the same strategy Bush has been trying in the Persian Gulf Island Dispute.
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The Sunni Arabs know they have an education and experience advantage over the more numerous Shia Arabs. They know that powerful Sunni Arab nations in the region, particularly Saudi Arabia, will back them in many ways. The fear of Islamic conservatism from Shia Iran can also be manipulated.
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Kind of what it looks like now.

-Am