...when Iran's "leading hard-line daily hailed the outcome of Iraq’s parliamentary elections as "the creation of the first Islamist state in the Arab world".
"Of the 275 seats in Iraq’s new parliament, 140 will belong to pious Islamists, 60 will be occupied by Kurds with excellent ties with Iran, and 40 will belong to Sunni Arabs, most of whom want a sovereign, Islamist state”, the daily Kayhan’s Saturday editorial noted. “The new government – including the President, the Prime Minister, the cabinet, the armed forces and the judiciary – will emerge from this new assembly".
Huh, nice job, George...'Building a democracy in the Middle East', are you?
