Former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Ali Reza Asgari has disappeared while in Turkey. He is rumored to have defected to the United States. It is likely he is being asked many detailed questions by the Central Intelligence Agency. If this is true, it is certainly good news from a region which produces little of it.
This defection raises an interesting point. Many more people defect to the United States than from the United States. As long as this is true, the U.S. is probably still on the side of the angels. If we hear that a U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense or a general has defected to Iran or North Korea, it will be time to worry. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.
