Martyrdom is still the state religion. Huge posters of the war dead and Palestinian and Lebanese suicide bombers dominate every surface in Tehran and every speech of the political leadership.
Think of Japan in August, 1945. Once it was obvious that we were serious and their position hopeless, resistance evaporated. Not instantly, but quickly.
44 posted on 11/19/2005 6:48:06 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
(NY Times headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS, Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)