Our Natural Friends

Anyone slightly familiar with Persian culture knows they are America's natural allies. They are a reasonable people who value education, are fans of business, and have a long history of art and culture.

I'm not sure I can say the same for the Arab people who seem to delight every time something bad happens to America. But I agree with with Sullivan that we don't want to get completely on one side of the Sunni-Shia split - especially since we can use it as a trump card when the shit hits the fan. And it will at some point.