All together, now

Well, our antics concerning Iran are starting to have effects. Not necessarily those the Bush folk hoped for, but clearly those that anybody outside the Sanctum could have predicted.

Iran, facing mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program, promised yesterday a "scorching hell" for any aggressor as tens of thousands marched to mark the 26th anniversary of its Islamic revolution.
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Khatami is widely recognized as a leader of a moderate faction in Iran. Indeed, Khatami himself indicated in his speech that the talk of a possible U.S. invasion was pushing him into a united camp with Iran's hard-liners against foreign meddling.

Well, as Rafe at rc3 put it, nobody can claim that Bush isn't a uniter...