Iran, Iraq and America have long been involved in a series of battles since the Gulf war and I suffice it to say that hegemonic American attitude and opportunism made the atmosphere hostile, along with the already existing animosity between these two countries. Apart from the Russian threat, which even today United States is wary of, threat from Iran and Iraq always lurked in the background, because it was they who sponsored terrorism in both these countries in the 1980’s and it is also well known that no one else was as aware of this threat facing the world except for the Americans, which is evident from the proofs they made-up to claim that Iraq was trumping up chemical and biological warfare programs, which though was brought to light by media as a hoax.
Most of them would be well aware of the axis of evil statement of President George Bush, where he accused Iran, Iraq and North Korea to be terrorist countries. So, to put it briefly, President George W Bush has not said anything new. It would also not be wrong to point out that the US troops in America are out of control of the situation in Iraq following the civilian clash and Iran has become very easily the target and the cause of turmoil, to the US government. Now, how worse the situation is going to get in both these countries depends on how long will the troops be deployed in Iraq and also upon what the next President of the United States decides.
Source: timesonline
