Chaos in the Middle East means it's time for an alliance with Iran

As nuclear talks continue, Britain's former ambassador to Washington says our strategic interests now lie in a deal with Shia Iran, not Sunni Saudi Arabia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/11729847/Chaos-in-the-Middle-East-means-its-time-for-an-alliance-with-Iran.html

By Christopher Meyer

10 Jul 2015

Bombing Syria is back. Almost two years ago MPs gave David Cameron a bloody nose when they voted against his plan to launch air strikes with the US and France against President Assad of Syria. This gave President Obama cover for declining also to take military action. President Hollande was left swinging in the wind, much to his irritation.

But that was then and this is now. The civil war in Syria continues apace. Huge tides of humanity have fled the violence and are now washing up in places like the sordid migrants’ camps of Calais. You might think that this was a compelling reason to revisit the decision of 2013 and take decisive military action against Assad. You would be wrong. The facts have changed; and they have changed in Assad’s favour. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/11729847/Chaos-in-the-Middle-East-means-its-time-for-an-alliance-with-Iran.html