Iraq, not Iran

As I read the article, Halliburton "could eventually" do $18B of business in Iraq. Iran was apparently $80M in 2003. So, no I don't think that's the conspiracy behind the quiet outlook on Iran. It's simply that politicians know that most Americans don't really want to hear about Iran at this point, even if they are the biggest source of terror money and terrorist backers for 2004.

Of course, Kerry's team bringing it up doesn't seem like a big win, since they are basically proposing giving nuclear assistance to that same regime. Odd.