Ahmadinejad knows better.

Submitted by Peter Herz (United States), Apr 10, 2010 at 22:51

Frankly, while I think Ahmadinejad is an evil man and should be arrested and interrogated over his possible role in the invasion of the American Embassy in Tehran should he ever set foot in the USA, I'm a dove on war with Iran.

Ultimately, even Ahmadinejad knows that if he tries anything on anyone under the US nuclear umbrella, he could very well see a couple dozen Iranian cities and military sites reduced to radioactive embers within 24 hours--and I suspect that Ahmadinejad also knows in his heart of hearts that the Twelfth Imam is not going to emerge from his well (or flying saucer, or Burhan's back) to save him.

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