Repeat:
1. Tehran believes that the US national security apparatus
cannot deal with a foreign crisis in an election year.
2. Tehran believes that the US will exit Iraq with its tail
tucked.
3. Tehran believes that the US will not fight for Israeli
sovereignty in the territories.
4. Tehran believes that the Ahmadinejad regime can ride out the
blitz in its bunkers and emerge the winner when the UN or the
Vatican or Russia brokers a ceasefire.
5. Tehran believes that the Bush Administration has lost its
ability to rally the US's traditional allies.
topics:
Iraq, Russia, Israel
