OF COURSE, SECRETARY BECK AND FIELD MARSHAL HANNITY KNOW BETTER

Those two and other wingnut gasbags have been scaring the rubes by claiming that Al Qaida and Iran are going to end up controlling the entire Middle East.  Not so fast, say others who might be expected to know better.

Gates and Mullen: Iran And Al Qaeda Biggest Losers in Middle East Fallout
Susan Crabtree | March 1, 2011, 4:39PM
TPM

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are optimistic about results of anti-government movements in the Middle East and called Iran and al Qaeda the "biggest losers" in the ongoing fallout.

"Iran is the real loser here whether they want to admit it or not," Mullen told reporters during a briefing Tuesday at the Pentagon. "They had no hand in the change ... except the one they used to slap back their own people."

Adding to Mullen's comments about Iran, Gates said al Qaeda is experiencing a major setback in the region as citizens rise up against oppressive regimes and demand more civil rights.