NEO-CON RAPPROCHEMENT OF LIKE-MINDED PRESIDENTS POSSIBLE

"... Ahmadinejad's victory has forged the most homogenous and uniformly conservative executive branch, legislature and office of supreme leader in the 27 years of Islamic rule... governments driven by neo-conservative leaders in Washington and Tehran, rather than administrations headed by the US Democratic Party and Iranian reformists who can easily be labeled as soft and accommodationist, may enable credible concessions and discussions to take place..."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH17Ak01.html

BUSH TO GAIN FROM WAR WITH IRAN

"... War with Iran next spring can enable (the Bush administration) to win the mid-term elections and retain control of the Republican party, now in partial rebellion over Iraq..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5262493-103677,00.html

MESSAGE TO POTENTIAL OCCUPIERS OF IRAN

"... An Iranian publication recently carried an advertisement calling for applications from aspiring "martyrdom seekers"... tens of thousands are said to have signed up... the possibility that some of them at least will figure in operations to defend cities should the United States attack Iran cannot be ruled out. The value of the public recruitment of suicide bombers is not so much to enlist volunteers as it is a means to send a message to potential occupiers of what lies ahead. "
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH09Ak03.html