"Enemy of my enemy" hypocrisy

We all know the refrain--it was impossible for al Qaeda to have been aligned with Saddam because Islamic fundamentalists don't mingle with secular socialists/fascists. Although that canard has been partially whittled away by facts, why isn't the same construct applied to Iran?

Ahmadinejad is currently hop-scotching around South and Central America, no doubt a push-back against Bush's recent strong rhetoric. He's networking with newly elected socialist leaders in Ecuador and Nicarauga, and with Chavez in Venezuela. Last we heard the pseudo-marxist leader in Caracus was working towards making his country more socialist. So, if we throw 'em in with Syria (socialist/Ba'athist) that means most of Iran's allies are closer to Marx than Mohammed.

Oh, one more thing. We've been told by the National Academy of Sciences that if we just wait, Iran's oil revenue will dry up by 2015 negating the need for any attacks. In the meantime they're building a bomb and forging ties to all kinds of nuts while in effect, waiting out the American public.

Maybe it's time for Bush to call in the secret weapon.

MORE 1/15/07

Speaking of the enemy of my enemy, INDC is in Falluja and provided an interview with a Falluja policeman where this exchange took place:

Mohammed: "Because the al Qaeda organization came to this city and controlled it so hard by killing. And some people here actually like killing and they liked Saddam Hussein as well, and I think the al Qaeda organization and Saddam Hussein are the same face."

INDC: What do you mean by "the same face," because Saddam was secular, he was not religious and al Qaeda is ...

Mohammed: "Because the language they use is killing. And the same people who used to be with Saddam, now they participate with the insurgency."

INDC: So their motivation for killing is what?

Mohammed: "Money and to be famous. And I think the first reason is to fight the American troops. They say, 'we can start from here and cross all the way to America to fight them.'"

It's hard to know the legitimacy here, and the left will no doubt attack the credibility and anonymity. Interesting perspective, though.