Sunday Morning Must Read

John McCain recently caught some flack from the Democrats for suggesting that Iran is helping Al Qaeda in Iraq because Iran is Shia and AQ is Sunni and they don't work together but that is a false assumption when they have a mutual enemy. Amir Taheri takes an extended look at the connections between Tehran and Sunni extremist groups most notably Hezbollah and Hamas in this must read report today.

But to understand the problem with extremists, it is important to set aside the Sunni-Shiite divide and focus on their common hatred of America. Theology is useless here. What we are dealing with is politics.

For Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, the slogan "Death to America" was as important as the traditional device of Islam "Allah Is The Greatest" – hence his insistence that it be chanted at all public meetings and repeated after each session of the daily prayers. And to that end, Khomeinists have worked with anyone, including brother-enemy Sunnis or even Marxist atheists.

Sounds to me like the Democrats have no idea who our enemies are other than the evil Bush administration.