Whoever thought that a democratic government in Iraq would be likely to be secular? If our leaders want secular they'll need a Saddam clone.

Any attack on Iran, and the occupation in Iraq will be in real trouble, and will have to give up any suggestion they are just there to support the elected government.

Russia to the North has nuclear weapons, Pakistan to the East has nuclear weapons, Israel to the West has nuclear weapons; and the US and the UK based in Iraq have nuclear weapons. But that's no problem, at all, evidently.

If Iran really is trying to get nuclear weapons you can see why they might have got the idea. After all, if Saddam, had actually had them, it is hardly likely there'd have been an invasion of Iraq.