Later today President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is scheduled to meet with his Iraqi counterpart President Jalal Talabani. They will meet in Tehran, Iran in order to discuss issues in Iraq. Pressure has mounted quickly after this weekends attacks, the deadliest Iraq has ever seen. Leaders from all groups are pressuring for an end to sectarian violence before an all out civil war starts. This meeting comes at a time when the Bush administration has been working to get Iraq to begin handling its own affairs in the region. President Bush has said that only way for stability to be reached in Iraq is for outside forces to stop helping insurgents, he has lead as to believe that these "outside forces" are coming from Iran and Syria.
The Iraq-Iran Presidential meeting today should be very interesting. I do not think the U.S. government is very trusting of Iran because of its nuclear ambition and this meeting could just be a way to showing the world that Iran is a "peaceful" nation. As well I think a ceasefire could be a very good thing for the Bush administration. It will allow U.S. troops to help train Iraqi forces and start returning the country to the Iraqis.
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I think that Iran's offer to help Iraq stabilize its nation is sincere. It is in the best interest of Iran to maintain the stability of this neighboring nation.
This meeting is being used by Iran to assert its dominant influence in the region of theMiddle East, much like the United States does in Latin America. I would not be surprised if soon, Iran adapts a "Monroe Doctrine" style policy.
The cease-fire will not happen; this is thousands of years of tribal war-fare, that was supressed by Sadam, thas has been set loose. Not only do we need to qwell the flow of weapons into Iraq by Syria and Iran, but also from China, Russia, and North Korea.
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