"Iran Left Out in the Cold"
Kaveh L Afrasiabi, The Asia Times | December 4, 2009
Apart from Pakistan, President Obama did not talk about the role of any other stakeholders in the region in his speech. ++ It was an unwise decision not to mention Iran, considering the role it has to play in tackling regional drug traffic. ++ Afghanistan's narco-economy should be considered as important a problem as terrorism. ++ With the majority of the Afghan drug trade passing through Iran, a new level of US/NATO cooperation is necessary. ++ Obama may soon come back to his "initial belief that the road to Kabul travels through Tehran."
