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Kenneth Timmerman says that even our baby steps toward smacking down Iran’s influence in Iraq are having an effect.
“In Tehran, they are now referring to the United States as mar-rouye domesh vastadeh – the Cobra standing on his tail,” says Shahriar Ahy, an Iranian-born political analyst who helped build the post-war broadcasting network in Iraq.
The sea-change began on January 10, when President George W. Bush announced that the United States would no longer tolerate Iranian and Syrian intelligence officers using Iraq as a playground for their murderous games.
The difference between a Jihadist and a mule is that the mule responds to the carrot, too.
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