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Old 01-08-2007, 10:09 AM   #15
Hippikos
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There's an internal power struggle between the Ahmadinejad and Rafsanjani group. Seems that many Iran people, especially the higher educated are sick of Ahmadinjihad's 12th Iman rethorics and threats to the West. The last elections showed that Rafsanjani's influence is growing. Any action from the US or Israel will destroy this delicate balance and for sure Ahmadinejad will benefit from that.

A strike from Israel on Iran will give free hand to the suicide bombers to flock all over Israel and I can imagine Hezbollah will have free hand from Iran to use their latest Iran missiles which have not been used the last war. They can reach Israel at any place with devastating effect.

Iran offered the US direct negotiations 2-3 years ago which the US blatantly refused with war talks. After that the election of Ahmadinejad was just a question of time.

Sometimes when the wheels are rolling, it's difficult to stop the War Machine. The Dogs o' War are barking again.

The outright refusal of Bush to even look at Baker's Middle East Realpolitik gives me an image of a nixonian madman desperately hanging on to his outdated principles, no matter what doom it may bring to the world. Can't this man be impeached?
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