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On the other hand, the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against a threat may make Iran think that they have the right to take action against those that threaten Iran.

They don't need the existence of the Bush doctrine to help them "think" they have the right to take action against those that they perceive threaten Iran. They've thought this since well before Bush doctrine existed, or Bush was even President. Flip it around: are you saying that absent the Bush doctrine, Iran "wouldn't think they have the right" to take action against those that they perceive threatening?

p.s. Also, your explanation doesn't explain Iran's funding of terror, bombings, etc in countries near and far which do not threaten "Iran" at all let alone adhere to Bush doctrine. So, a much better explanation of Iran's behavior would seem to be simple imperialism: that Iran seeks to be the imperialist center of Islam, expanding by violence or any other means at its disposal. But oops, that wouldn't allow us to blame it all on Bush Doctrine...

Iran does not want the bomb--Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei and the fanatic revolutionary islamofascists want the bomb.

Why do these throwbacks to Adolf Hitler and Josef Goebbels want the bomb?

To "erase Israel" and to kill great numbers of "American crusaders and infidels" and to hasten the return of the twelve imam that special friend in the closet whispering to the bearded little weasel with the halo overhead.

This is not a clash of civilizations--it is a pack of genocidal psychopaths warring on civilization.

In my view we may be magnanimous and make Mr. Weasel a grand bargain--note, this has not been cleared with the New-Tonians, so don't blame Bush--