excerpt: As I wrote on October 25 (A Syriajevo in the making?), the US depends on Iran to maintain stability in Iraq, giving Iran in turn sufficient leverage to thwart American efforts to stop its nuclear weapons program. Asia Times Online's correspondents have provided compelling evidence to support this conjecture in the meantime. [1] Israel's military leaders now take it for granted that Iran will become a nuclear power, Stratfor reported on December
