CNN idiot Joe Johns to guest: Is Iran active in Pakistan? Guest: What does that mean, active?

[NNN0LHI]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0708/12/le.01.html

<snip>JOHNS: It's a tough question because, you know, and I suppose a related question now as we move along in the progression of events there in that part of the world, there's a lot of talk this week about Iran and meddling in a variety of different countries. Or other words might be used. Americans prefer to call it meddling. Is Iran active in Pakistan?

DURRANI: What does that mean, active? They are not meddling in our affairs, if that is what you mean.

JOHNS: Right.

DURRANI: We have a good working relationship with Iran, and we don't see any problems with them.

JOHNS: Sort of soft diplomacy, I guess, or soft power, as it's been called, where they bring money and they bring skills and they bring social services and like that. Is that going on in Pakistan?

DURRANI: No. Not like that.

JOHNS: Sure. Well, I think probably the thing we want to leave our viewers with is a sense from you of the level of cooperation with the United States government on the issue of the terrorists that the United States has been pursuing for so long. This is something that you've worked again and again to try to get out there to the public. But there's a lot of suspicion, if you will.

DURRANI: Yes. I think, broadly speaking, I think the level of cooperation both at the operation level with our militaries and at the level of intelligence, I think is pretty good. There are areas of dispute, disagreement. And we need to tidy those over.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. There are TWO full-court-presses going on right now...

...one is the "surge is going swimmingly" meme, the other is the "Iran is meddling in Iraq so we have to nuke 'em " meme.

There are many more RW memes, but those two seem to be front-n-center as of late..

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Why can't Iran be more like the USA

and not meddle in the affairs of other countries? LOL

[MikeNearMcChord]

3. Lets see Iran is Shia, and Pakistan is Sunni

but to the average schmoe, a Muslim is a Muslim is a Muslim. I'm surprised the idiot didn't refer to the players involved as Arabs.

[varun]

4. Iran and Pakistan had a fairly cool relation

because Iran has good relations with India. Also, Baluchistan province of Pakistan borders Iran, and that area is experiencing insurgency.

[TomClash]

5. Durrani should have shot back:

How many special forces, psy-ops, intel assets are on the ground in Iran right now? LOL.