Empowering Iran

Article on why the Iraq war was stupid and reactionary and empowered Iran.

Did I miss something here? In 2003, our primary concern was Al Queda, the Taliban, and other Sunni (read Saudi) affiliated terrorist groups and WMDs. Iran was on our shitlist, but also happened to be the enemies of these Sunni groups. So explain to me why such a recalibration of Middle East power, into the hands of a fragile Shiite regime was such a bad thing...