At a farewell reception at Blair House for the retiring chief of protocol, Don Ensenat, who was President Bush's Yale roommate, the president shook hands with Washington Life Magazine's Soroush Shehabi. "I'm the grandson of one of the late Shah's ministers," said Soroush, "and I simply want to say one U.S. bomb on Iran and the regime we all despise will remain in power for another 20 or 30 years and 70 million Iranians will become radicalized."
"I know," President Bush answered.
"But does Vice President Cheney know?" asked Soroush.
President Bush chuckled and walked away.
What Shehabi does not realise, is that first of all the Seyyeds know jolly well that the people of Iran do not associate them as Iranians. Secondly that any call for arms is just a political ploy to keep themselves in power. The Seyyeds do not have the hearts and minds of the Iranian people. If anything any call for war will cause major peace marches in Iran, which will be a precursor to massive uprising against the Seyyeds. It is then to their benefit to come to a settlement with US and UN and their Oil trading partners.
