ARTICLE: Abizaid: World could abide nuclear Iran, By ROBERT BURNS, AP, Sep 17, 11:33 PM ET

A wise voice urges caution and less uncontrollable fear on Iran. My sense of meeting with Abizaid one-on-one when he was CENTCOM boss was that he was frustrated by his command's inability to deal with Iran directly, which is only natural. Hard to be COCOM and be told you can't interact with your region's biggest threat. That lack of connectivity with Iran now comes to a head as Petraeus works the Shia issue. Then again, the cynic in me says that may be the whole point with this administration as we are prepped for war with Iran. On that score, I guess you'd also have to describe Abizaid as a serious skeptic. (Thanks: air co)