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To: LindyBill who wrote (173546)	7/14/2006 7:16:55 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 793843

The scariest thing about this moment is that the Iranians have convinced themselves that they are winning, and we are powerless to reverse the tide. As I reported here several months ago, Khamenei told his top people late last year that the Americans and Israelis are both politically paralyzed. Neither can take decisive action against Iran, neither can sustain prolonged conflict and significant casualties. I don't know about the Israelis, but I think the calculation made by the Iranians concerning our political paralysis is spot on. There is no way the American people will allow Bush to deal decisively witht he Iranian nuclear threat which, after all, is what this is about from our perspective. The Iranians probably have other WMD--chemical, perhaps biological--which they can deliver via rockets anywhere in Israel. They might just be crazy enough to use them. If they are, perhaps the American people may support dealing with Iran in the only way that seems effective. We must not forget that this is about Iran's nukes. After Israel deals with Hizbollah, any attempt at negotiation concerning them will be futile, not that it isn't futile now.

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