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Undoubtedly, Shiite rule would thrill them. As a result, within just hours of Mr. Bush’s remarks, Iran had its own somewhat shocking proclamation when the head of their Supreme National Security Council, Hasan Rowhani, stated that Tehran supported our president’s re-election efforts. As if that wasn’t enough, that same day, Grand Ayatollah Kazem al-Haeri, a senior Shiite leader in Iran, made a similarly stunning announcement that he was cutting ties with the upstart Shiite cleric in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr. When combined with the other two events, especially given the timing of all three, it quite appears that Tehran was not...