The only silver lining over Iraq is rapprochement between the US and Iran | Simon Jenkins

Perhaps America's need for help will usher in an era of greater respect for the integrity and sovereignty of foreign states

Chaos creates strange bedfellows. Having induced shambles in Iraq and so far failed to induce shambles in Iran, America now needs Iran's help to clear up the shambles in Iraq.

Instability is the worst curse an invader can visit on a vanquished state. At such a time, any agent of stability is welcome. As in Syria and Lebanon, and now in Iraq, Iran is such an agent, and a de...