Iran, the United States and Operation Enduring Freedom - Sowing the Seeds of Distrust With Washington

A Political Junkie at Viable Opposition - 54 minutes ago

Let's open this posting with a lengthy quote: "*The Afghan war has produced at least one set of improbable bedfellows: the US and Iran. That is why the battle for Herat in southwest Afghanistan on Monday, November 12, stood out from the Northern Alliance’s other rapid-fire wins. Beyond giving the anti-Taliban movement a key city and control over the main routes to Iran and Turkmenistan, winning Herat may be remembered as a turning point for America’s foreign relations outside Afghanistan too, because it brought the US and Iran together militarily for the first time since the anti-Am... more »