AND THE WINNER IS....

IRAN!

Yes folks, no matter what the war whores and wingnuts say, the real winner of our invasion of Iraq is Iran, as Billmon pointed out several years ago.

Iraqi PM says links with Iran are developing
Jan 3 03:37 PM US/Eastern
AFP

Relations between Iraq and Iran are developing in a number of ways, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said during a visit to Iran on Saturday.

"The exchange of high ranking visits between the two country's officials shows that the bilateral relations are developing in different areas," Maliki said after a meeting with Iran's first vice-president, Parviz Davoudi, according to the Iraqi leader's office.

Maliki, who arrived on Saturday for a two-day visit, also met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Maliki is also scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Ministerial members of Maliki's delegation immediately went into talks with their Iranian commerce, power and transportation counterparts, the official IRNA news agency said.

The two sides agreed to boost bilateral trade from the current level of about five billion dollars, with Maliki urging greater Iranian investment for his war-battered country.

Maliki's fourth visit to Iran since he took office in 2006...