Michael Totten has a great article on his visit to the Iraq/Iran border.
One thing that’s made abundantly clear is that the Middle East is a messy, confusing place. But there are real signs of hope.
Sanjari has fierce and intimidating eyes, the eyes not of a fanatic but of a deadly serious person who is not to be messed with. He spoke slowly and with great force. “They repress people in the name of religion,” he said. “They torture people in the name of religion. They kill people in the name of religion. The young generation now wants to distance themselves from religion itself.”
