Iraq Crisis Brings America And Iran 'Closer'

One of the by-products of the threat to Baghdad from Sunni Islamist jihadists is the potential for co-operation between the USA and Iran, both of which are backing the Iraqi government.

This in turn would help the ongoing dialogue between the two countries about Iran's alleged nuclear weapons programme.

Shia-dominated Iran does not want Iraq's Shia-led government to fall and is moving to shore up the Iraqi capital's defences in order to maintain influence there. 

With both the US and Iran countries for once having the same short-term aims, there are degrees of co-operation they can undertake.

The Iranians are already thought to be in Baghdad at a command and control level – assisting the Iraqi military with its response.

Barack Obama and Iran's Hassan Rouhani find themselves with the same aims

If it also puts its Revolutionary Guard soldiers into the battle, the Americans can turn a blind eye to their presence.

Washington is already helping the Iraqis with intelligence from their spy satellites.

If Iran does put large numbers of troops on the ground, the Americans know that the intelligence they pass to the Iraqis will find its way to the Iranians, a price they are likely willing to pay.

President Barack Obama also has the option to increase the amount of arms the US sends to the Iraqi authorities and to speed up the training of Iraqi special forces which the US military is doing in Jordan.

If he wants to launch airstrikes via Tomahawk cruise missiles, drones, or fixed wing aircraft, then logistics should not prove problematic.

US may turn blind eye to presence of Revolutionary Guard

The US has "assets" in several bases in Turkey including Incerlik.

The US Fifth Fleet is in Bahrain, the carrier group USS George H W Bush is now in the Gulf, and the US can use the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

Airstrikes carry the risk of civilian casualties but Mr Obama appears prepared to order them.

The ISIS advance has been halted, but it is likely that airstrikes would be required to push them back.

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