Reply #2: Could anyone have doubted that this would happen?

[Spider Jerusalem]

I knew this would come to pass, eventually, as soon as Bush started his war. The reason Iran and Iraq were enemies 20 years ago was because Iraq was a secular state controlled by a Sunni minority; now that the Ba'athist regime is gone, Iraq's Shi'a majority are in power (which was a foregone conclusion, once elections were held), and Iraq's new government has social and political reasons for stronger ties with Iran.

Really, I can't see why this comes as a surprise.