Anti-democratic-democratic elections

It seems that the good poeple of Iraq have decided to elect a government with strong ties to Iran and strong religious base. Story here. Also, lets not forget that the Iranian-born Shite cleric that holds so much sway in the region was, according to some commentators at least, the primary impetus behind getting the elections off the ground. That is to say, it wasn't until he demanded them that elections became a reality.
The upshot of all this is that it may be the case that Iran and Iraq are a package deal because the Shite dominated Iranian government could easily exercise de facto control over an Iraq in its infancy. And as everything above seems to suggest, the pieces are all starting to fall in place. So, the PNAC or whatever may have figured out that if there's a snowball's chance in hell of one working without the other.